A friend of mind Claudio recently told me he had been working in the software development industry for just over 5 year with the same company, this is the second time he's worked for a company this long, (read his blog to understand how and what a fascinating background Claudio has), and it got me thinking on how long I'd being working within the steel industry and software development generally.

The short answer is 21 years, covering languages such as Z80 & 8086 assembly, C, FoxPro and finally C# (thanks Claudio for the assist), the longer answer is that I've worked for the same company for 21 years as of May 01 2008, first company a steel fabricator for 11 years to the day, then sold to another software house, who then sold me on to FabTrol Systems, giving a total of 21 years without changing job (at least on my behalf) as of May 01 2008, having started on May 01 1987, and I'm steel happy in steel, but some may ask if I'm a U2 fan and I've "steel not found what I'm looking for"!