Author: Shawn Jackson
I’ve spent the last 18 years in the world of Information Technology on both the IT and Development sides of the aisle. I’m currently a Software Engineer for Paylocity. In addition to working at Paylocity, I’m also the Founder of Resgrid, a cloud services company dedicated to providing logistics and management solutions to first responder organizations, volunteer and career fire departments, EMS, ambulance services, search and rescue, public safety, HAZMAT and others.
The larger your organization gets and the further away you get from the day to day that your customers receive the less you know about what your customers need or want. No matter how much time you spend with your customers on calls or site visits, your one person or just a few people, while
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It’s a difficult decision to open source a once closed source project. Even a project that you’ve intended to open source once it was more complete has a very heavy burden. For me, the biggest burden is not the code, or the associated IP or anything like that, it’s if the service is still on-going
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One of the most cathartic things I ever do is build a new computer. As someone who uses their computer for work and playI try and update it every 3 years or so. My last build was at the start of 2016, but I began nabbing components for the build in 2015. This year I’m focused
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