I'm 28, I'm from eastern Europe and I've been working with computers since I was a kid. When I was growing up server-side includes and CGI was how you did web. When I first saw FI I was amazed. I learned socket programming before I wrote my first line of Javascript.
Recently I've been working on my own as a developer-for-hire. I wrote my own compositing window manager for Linux, from scratch, in pure C. I'm working on a Mac OS X kernel driver for fun. I think Ruby is the next best thing after sliced bread and Common Lisp.
It's my belief that intuition, wide range of experience and persistence make better platform for a hacker than learning by rote.
What I lack is partners in crime. I remember working with my team at one of my ex-employers, when we pulled off amazing stunts to fix other teams' problems. We were united by our wish to put things right. We pulled all-nighters. We worked weekends. We moved mountains, and I was proud of them and the work we did together.
I'd like to work in a team like that again, but this time to work for myself, not for some faceless Company.
Does anyone think they could use my motivation, experience and love of technology?
thanks!
Ps: we are a ruby shop, and we have tonnes of server side code to write. ;)