I'm a self-taught developer living in the Tampa Bay area who has mainly spent his career as the one-man "IT Guy" so I have a broader knowledge of business and software than the average developer.

I use C#, constantly try to learn Ruby on Rails, and I've spent a lot of time reading and following blogs from some of the best .NET developers to broaden my knowledge, but jobs around here usually don't follow "best practices" so what I read tends to remain theory.

My ultimate goal is to become a Business/Systems Analyst or technical-oriented Project Manager and move into technology management where I can focus on the high-level analysis and design of software instead of low-level implementation details.