It's in my bones. I'll attempt to clarify. I started a business because I had experiences through school that made me think hard about why I was doing what I w

It's in my bones. I'll attempt to clarify. I started a business because I had experiences through school that made me think hard about why I was doing what I was doing at all times. Things like endless piles of homework were forced upon me by authority figures I didn't respect, even though I had already mastered the material. I have this unending urge to learn more; All the time. I started programming with self-taught ActionScript. Then JavaScript/html/css. I spend a lot of time attempting to master my mind (Thinking in different ways/languages) and this has led me to Clojure, CL, Haskell and Erlang. Show me a company that is receptive to using those languages in production and has a distributed nature. A company that allows it's employees to choose projects and throw their weight behind them. With as few managers as humanly possible. Where collaboration is collaboration and not forced. The closest I've seen to this mindset is probably Basho. Maybe Valve, but I've never talked to anyone at Valve. I apologize if I'm not clear or not fully explained. The answer to why my life is forcefully thrust in this direction would require a blog post of massive length that I am not ready to write. An interesting note is that consulting is likely a side effect of not being able to find anywhere I wanted to work.