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I guess I'll get started with a short introduction of myself and this site.  Introductions seem to be the thing to do.  My name is David Sokol, I am currently a software engineer in training.  I complete my CS degree in a few weeks, and I'm about to hit the wide world of programming head-on.  This blog is a second attempt at writing/blogging. 

I'm not exactly new to the internet community.  My first blog at went online when I was 16, in 2002.  I was young and reckless; full of teenage angst and PHP code.  It was a very personal site, frequented mainly by friends with no real content.  I'll summarize my first five years of being online:  everything sucks, omg girlfriend, everything sucks, omg new girlfriend, everything sucks, ooo I can drink now, oh I'm grown up.  I figure since I'm going out there trying to get a good job, it'd probably be a good idea to not post professionally to site containing that kind of content.

I've been following professional blog world fairly closely for the past few months.  I finally overcame my distaste of RSS & Atom.  I still have an intense hatred for Digg, but some things can't be helped.  Reading other people's sites made me realize a few things.  First, I could actually intelligently contribute to the conversations.  Secondly, all of the main blog sites are by professional programmers with years of industry experience.  Their audience is probably the same.  I'm not one to discriminate on age, but I think a younger, more naive perspective might be welcome.  I'm just past the basics of software engineering, and I'm certainly not a superstar.  I've never written a program with more than four threads, I've never written a game in my spare time, and my institute of higher education kind of sucked.  So I'm stuck here, in new programmer land, trying to get a handle on this stuff.

It was time for me to start a real, readable blog.  I have a few goals for this site.

1. Share my experience in coming to the world of professional software development.
2. Get a super-high paying job.  (Apparently everyone agrees having a blog is a big plus on resumes)
3. Knock David J. Sokol, Dental Attorney out of first for the Google Results of my name.  (Nothing against you David, it's just that it's my name, and I was here second.)
4. Boost my own self-esteem by having people comment.  Yes, I'm at the top of my needs pyramid.
5. Join the programming/software engineering blog community.

I think it'll all work out.  I like writing.  I believe content should be both educational and entertaining.  (How many nights have you been up late on the internet looking for something to do and ended up reading about programming?)  I also write at a very casual level; I'll probably end up swearing, referencing pop culture, and using contractions.  Stick around, we'll see what happens.

Note: The site name (but not URL) is still subject to change.