I am interested in talking about work

By the time July rolls around, I will have spent half a year travelling around working for free, learning new technologies, picking up new skills and in general becoming a happier person.

I can't keep doing this forever, aside from the slow drip of money out of my bank accounts I already miss having a permanent base to go back to.

So, from July I'll need to start earning a regular or semi-regular income once more, and it is therefore time to publicise let the world know I'm ready for it again.

Who am I?

I have spent the past decade delivering software primarily in the Microsoft space with a focus on C# and JS. I mostly end up in charge of the software projects I'm involved with and have a focus on keeping the team's options open and able to react to change.

I am a regular on the conference circuit and tend to talk about testing, javascripts and pragmatic development in .NET.

I write code, I write a lot of code, I have the ability to learn things quickly and start delivering early on after starting a new role and I am an enthusiastic sharer of ideas and opinions.

What I'm offering

I am offering my nimble fingers and active mind to anyone in the world, I can...

• Help build features, and teach at the same time
• Run workshops on JS (back-end or front-end), ASP.NET MVC and RavenDB
• Improve your testing strategies
• Help remove obstacles from your development process!
• Help you move forward from your legacy issues (Silverlight to ...?)
• Advise on your long-term architectural problems/goals

I am good at shipping code, I am knowledgable in many areas of .NET development and have spent a lot of time using and developing against alternative databases for the past few years.

What I looking for

I am flexible, I ask for you to be the same. I am always happy to travel on-site providing my expenses are covered, but I think I am going to start renting a house again and will probably want to be spending some time there in between trips.

I am most likely looking for short-term consultancy work (4-5 days) and short-term development work (2-8 weeks).

I am looking for work in any country; as mentioned above I'm happy to travel.

My rates are flexible and tend to vary depending on country, convenience and company. I am looking to sustain a lifestyle and can therefore offer flexibility.

So

Do get in touch at robashton@codeofrob.com and ask me for availability from July onwards, I am already starting to fill my calendar with paid work from that date onwards so will likely need advance notice for anything more than a week or so.