Working 9 to 5

Until late last summer, I worked for Covalent Technologies. Covalent is a software company focusing on support, services, and products around the Apache platform. They have successfully implemented large web serving farms in major enterprises based on Apache 2.0. If you need a commercially supported version of Apache, Covalent is definitely the best place to go.

I left Covalent to challenge myself with new technologies and because I believed that I wanted to move back into engineering. Since I had made the transition from engineer to manager at Covalent, I decided that making the transition back in the same company would be very difficult. Instead, I left to become a consultant (little did I realize how hard that would be in this economy). Happily, I made a very good impression in my 2 ½ years at Covalent. When they heard that I was still available, we arranged that I would become a consultant, so I now work for Covalent through TechLink Systems.

Now that I have spent time as an engineer again, I have discovered that I really did enjoy the management work that I was doing at Covalent. My consulting job at Covalent has proven to be a great blessing, because it leaves me free to look for permanent work as an engineering manager while keeping my skills current, and I get to work in a great environment.