The time has finally come where I have decided (like millions of others) to start a blog. I have never wanted to just blog about anything. My career and helping others to make a start in their career is something that I feel quite passionate about. It is my plan to write a blog about my career and along the way offer some advice. I have no idea who will read this or if anyone will benefit from what I have to say. At the very least, I will have something to look back on years from now and reflect on what I was doing in 2007 and compare it to where I am now (in whatever year that may be).

Who Am I and Why Would you bother reading my Blog?
My name is Debbie Timmins. I am a self confessed geek. During the day I work as a Systems Analyst. In the evening I continue my enjoyment of all things geeky. I love to learn new things and I love to play computer games. Guild Wars at the moment (and probably for quite a while) is my game of choice.

I was a programmer for 6 years. For 4 of those years I worked while studying at TAFE and then University (Flinders University). I love programming. Even though my role no longer requires me to code full time; I still like to dabble whenever I can.

As well as my job, I am the Special Advisor for the Australian Computer Society (ACS) National Young IT Board. I have been involved with the National Young IT Board for 4 years. The last several years I was on the ACS Branch Executive Committee (BEC) with the last two as the Deputy Chair. I decided this year I would take a break from being on the BEC and focus on other things in my life. I have wanted to be involved in other projects. Sometimes when you take on too much it stops you from being able to try new things as there just isn’t any time left. My goal for 2007 is to try new things. Starting a blog easily qualifies as starting something new.

My challenge to getting this blog up and running will be selecting the right blog software and then deciding whether or not to use already coded creations or if I should develop something myself. As I am writing this first entry I have no blog up and running. My first few entries will probably be written in Notepad until I can find something that I will be happy to use.

I would love to hear feedback as I go with this blog (preferably positive) :) If you would like to leave comments, please do so. I am sure it will probably help guide the direction of what I write in the blog too. I have got plans as to how I would like this blog to go but for now, I will just play it by ear…