On a personal note: I recently joined Headspring Systems in Austin.  I have been presented with a great opportunity to learn and succeed.  I feel very green but I'm prepared to grow.  And I've already had the chance to observe first-hand liberating architectures, agile thinking, and expert code craft…
I do intend to learn in public, [...]

Taking a moment to look back.  When I accepted my current job in January 2006 I was looking to grow up as a software developer. Since then I've learned a lot of things and these, for me and in no particular order, were the some of the most important.
1.  The strategy pattern and others
Chapter 1 [...]