I am a Technical recruiter, that’s what I do… I don’t think I ever said, “When I grow up, I want to be a recruiter” I fell into it. I liked to tinker on the internet, which led to internet research, which morphed somehow into finding programmers pre- dotcom boom.

I have never formerly said thank you to all the candidates that I have talked with that have both inspired and educated me. Over the years, I have had the privilege of talking with some pretty sharp individuals that introduced me to a concept, or idea, that stayed with me long after our initial conversation had ended. Nothing has touched me more than someone discussing an algorithm with a sense of deep appreciation, not unlike that felt when admiring a great work of art. It was that appreciation and gratitude for their craft…. That has inspired me throughout the years.

Thank you to that first candidate that introduced me to the art of computing, Thank you for sharing your “art” with me and taking me for a brief moment of time, into your world. Thank you for your generosity, without you, I would have never read about Grace Murray Hopper, or Donald Knuth. Who knows, maybe one of you I have talked with over the years is out there right now writing the next “Beautiful Code” Carry on my computing friends ….you have a fan here…