Matthew Rupert
lives in Wake Forest, NC. He enjoys time with family, running, writing, and software development. He is a regular contributor to Software Developer’s Journal, writing on various topics as well as sharing his thoughts about careers in software in his monthly column, Developer@Life. .
When my family and I first moved to North Carolina, just about three years ago, we were fascinated by something that we didn’t have in Illinois: trees. BIG ONES! Huge, tall trees right there in our back yard! It was like living in a forest. We would wake in the morning and stare out the window, revering of the beauty before us. Moving from the plain, paved jungle of suburban Chicago, this lovely landscape presented…