As I neared the end of my college journey, I landed a part-time gig working with a local hay exporter, where I helped scale trucks. The best part was, I had the freedom to develop software that would streamline the process, as long as I didn’t neglect my primary responsibilities of trucking. That’s when we came up with “Exporter,” a fantastic program based on Oracle, which proved to be a hit not only at that particular site but also at various other customer locations over the years. The product was maintained regularly while I went to work at a technology consulting firm.

In 2008, I was invited to return and tackle a similar challenge once more. Taking a break from my consulting work with startups, I embarked on creating a successor to “Exporter” called “Shipper.” By 2010, we had successfully upgraded all our existing customers and implemented a regular cycle of quarterly releases. Afterward, I resumed my consulting career, all the while cherishing the grounding effect that this remarkable product has had on me throughout the years. It’s stable, reliable, and steadily growing. Although there will come a day when it requires a major overhaul, I eagerly look forward to that exciting chapter and the possibilities it will bring.

==Keno