Introduction

Hi. Let me introduce myself. My name is Chris Johnson. That's right, Chris (11th most common) Johnson (2nd most common). Turns out there's actually 11,377 of us in America, 13,799 if we include the Chris and Christopher (and I will). At least I'm not lonely. In fact, if you're male (I assume people named Chris are) and live in the USA, there's approximately a 1 in 11,000 chance you share my name. So, kudos.

(I've never been great at introductions so just stick with me on this blog post, it can't get worse)

I grew up in Scotland and now live in Minnesota with my wife and 2 kids. I went to school for Physics and Math but realized a little too late my lack of interest for it. I now work as en Electrical/Software engineer for a little company in the Twin Cities. 

This blog is going to be about programming. I know, you're probably thinking, "Why would I read this when there are millions of other blogs out there?"

Fair point, what with all the Jeff Atwoods and Nick Bradburys out there, why bother? Well, hopefully I can provide a different point of view for you. 

I didn't go to college for computer science. I'm not some crazy computer genius who didn't go to college and has been coding since diapers (Jamie Zawinski, specifically). I'm just a regular guy who likes to program and wants to learn more about it. I thought I could use this space to talk about some of the things I work on and learn about and share some of that. 

I find the easiest way to code is to jump right in. Of course the problem with this is that things are never quite as pretty as I might like them to be. Thus, the name of this blog - Eternally Refactoring - describes most of my work.

For background, at work I'm using VB.NET with a little WPF and C# thrown in for good luck. At home I've been mostly working on Android and iOS apps. I'm hoping to keep learning and cover more as I go. 

If any of this sounds interesting, stick around. I'd be glad to have you. 

Chris.