My name is Pieter Swinkels. I am a 38-years old software developer working for a consultancy agency in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Developing software is something I am really passionate about. But every so often I am confronted with the fact that building software that fulfills the expectations of the customer, that is on time and within budget can be hard. Sometimes I succeed on all accounts, sometimes I fail (at least) one of them.
The main theme of this blog will be my never-ending journey to become the best software developer I can be. That includes lots of things. I envision blog posts on Test-Driven Development in C++, on version control, on Emacs, on ... Maybe even with some personal things thrown in. But I should not get carried away, maybe this post will turn out to be the only one :)
About the title of this blog. In July 2002 some friends and I walked the International Four Day Marches Nijmegen, which requires you to walk 50 kilometer / 31 miles a day for 4 days in a row. During one of our first (rainy) training sessions we asked ourselves why we did this as, at the end of the day, we would be in the same place as at the beginning. Then it became clear to me: it is not the destination, it is the journey that counts.
Kind regards.
