There seems to be a underlying trend lately from blog commenters and forum posters to completely disregard the thoughts and emotions of others online. The lack of basic values in today's society has started to bleed into the internet, and the result is demotivating to those that are trying to share knowledge.

I have been feeling lost in my career choice for a while. I have always considered development and code as an artform, something that requires a very important ingredient to be successful. In the last few weeks this particular point became more prominent, and I have finally found the missing ingredient. I have found what is missing in my career, and I am surprised about where it is leading me.

I have maintained To Dev or not To Dev as my development and technical blog for the last 3 years, however the time has come for Diago.co.za to evolve and I have decided to shut down To Dev or not To Dev. The blog will remain as a reference point but no more entries will be added.

I have been actively involed in the South African technology community for the last 3 years. I have always been a proud and passionate member of the community, involved as a technology evangelist. I have achieved a lot in this time however it hasn't been without a heavy cost. The time has come for me to step back and slowdown, as my family and my body is not the only parts of my life suffering from my current involvement.

During a recent career evening held at my offices, the question came to mind about the misconception created to students about success in the IT Industry. Althought there is a few success stories, the impression is somehow created that success happens early in the industry with the least amount of effort. Does the fact that successful individuals always talk at these events the reason for this perception?

The move to IT Intellect prooved to be a big adjustment for me, and I am more and more involved with Microsoft and the community. However it is sometimes draining and I seem to be struggling to the adjustment harder then I expected.

Driving to work one morning I realised exactly how hard it is to navigate traffic in Kwazulu-Natal and went about writing my own survival guide for others.

Being involved in the community has left me drained after being extremely active in the last few months. It is an extensive task to manage the community activities and to keep up to date with the latest technologies.

We live in an era of information overload. With resources like the internet and google, how valid is the information we read and find online ?