Why I Left Obtiva
Recently I ended my nearly 2 year relationship with Obtiva and why I left deserves a few words. The issues I had with Obtiva were mostly just issues I have with consulting: You only work at places messed up enough that they need to hire consultants You leave before you get to spend time with code you wrote so it's hard to learn long term lessons The most stable gigs that pay the bills for a consultancy tend to be the worst programming experiences (Large corporations with way more money than sense) You have to track every hour of your time Time off has to be negotiated with two companies instead of one Learning a whole new bunch of names. personalities, and organizational structures every 6 months Now don't get me wrong, consulting with ThoughtWorks and then Obtiva made me a much better programmer and was an amazing learning experience but I felt that, in order to grow as a programmer, I needed to work for a product company and learn the lessons that only living with a code bas...