I work with Jay Wren

 

Some of you are probably saying to yourselves "I'm so sorry, are you looking for a job?".  A lot more of you are probably saying "That's so cool, how do I get a job at SRT Solutions?".

No matter what your thoughts, you have to admit, being able to tap Jay's knowledge (which normally involves me standing in front of his desk and talking continuously until he removes his headphones) is a huge benefit to getting software done and getting it done right.

Just last week Jay saved me literally days of work.  Dianne Marsh and I where stuck on a testing issue using Microsoft Test.  The application we where testing was using the AppDomain to find the private bin directory.  This was an important part of how the application worked and needed to be preserved.  For those of you have used the MS Test environment that ships with Visual Studio, you might know that it creates a brand new environment every time it runs.  That new environment includes a brand new private bin directory.  This made MSTest a very poor choice for our testing solution.  Dianne and I where dead in the water, then Jay came to the rescue with NUnit.  We went from despair to success (that green bar is something we Java developers need to survive).

Thanks Jay.

p.s. Jay is also the one who hooked me up with Resharper, which is a great way to make Visual Studio development palatable and immediately productive for those that love IntelliJ or Eclipse.