Comments on: What is the Career ‘Path’ for a Web Technologist in the Church? http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daniel_Berman http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43053 Daniel_Berman Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:19:56 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43053 Hi Andy, Thanks for the encouragement. Its funny you mention True Value, we just converted over to them exclusively in both stores. ;) Yeah God's been providing for us, its just really challenging when you don't see the context. So often its just day by day, do the best you can for the Lord and pray that its enough. (Do you have a blog or a twitter, I would like to swap stories.....) Hi Andy,
Thanks for the encouragement. Its funny you mention True Value, we just converted over to them exclusively in both stores. ;) Yeah God's been providing for us, its just really challenging when you don't see the context. So often its just day by day, do the best you can for the Lord and pray that its enough. (Do you have a blog or a twitter, I would like to swap stories…..)

]]> By: andydarnell http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43052 andydarnell Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:37:13 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43052 Ooh. Daniel, My days as a Nut and Bolt man in the hardware business just flashed through my mind. You and I sound much alike. God kept me where I was (in a true value hardware store) for years until a project management position opened up at a web development company. I knew nothing of HTML. Now, (although I'm still lost most of the time) I am managing thousand page projects with very complicated applications. God moved me to a position that has benefitted me and my local church as now I manage all media and basically marketing too. He Is Always Just Off our Wing as long as we stick to the flight plan that He has laid out for us. Good comment Daniel. Nice post, John Ooh. Daniel, My days as a Nut and Bolt man in the hardware business just flashed through my mind.

You and I sound much alike. God kept me where I was (in a true value hardware store) for years until a project management position opened up at a web development company. I knew nothing of HTML. Now, (although I'm still lost most of the time) I am managing thousand page projects with very complicated applications. God moved me to a position that has benefitted me and my local church as now I manage all media and basically marketing too.

He Is Always Just Off our Wing as long as we stick to the flight plan that He has laid out for us.

Good comment Daniel. Nice post, John

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43051 human3rror Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:19:07 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43051 haha. I don't want to be a "manger" either.<br /><br />Just kidding.<br /><br />great stuff here. resonates with me mucho. thanks dude. haha. I don't want to be a “manger” either.

Just kidding.

great stuff here. resonates with me mucho. thanks dude.

]]> By: philldo http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43050 philldo Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:03 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43050 I agree with Scott in that we tend to be problem solvers at the core. As long as there are problems or people to connect to the church, we will help find the means to connect them whether it be with tools like Facebook & Twitter or the next big thing. The constant freshness and ever changing web technologies are what drew me to working with the web. I would go crazy creating the same widgets everyday for years and years in an office or factory. In a recent conversation, my brother (who works in the corporate world) asked me a similar question about my career path and "climbing up the ladder". He was baffled by my lack of a concrete answer. Personally, I do not want to be a manger. Being a visionary on a large scale and have others execute the systems would be fun (including a project manager to manage things). I like getting my hand dirty in the execution though. For now, I'm content being a team of one pushing our church forward to connect with people through technology. I agree with Scott in that we tend to be problem solvers at the core. As long as there are problems or people to connect to the church, we will help find the means to connect them whether it be with tools like Facebook & Twitter or the next big thing.

The constant freshness and ever changing web technologies are what drew me to working with the web. I would go crazy creating the same widgets everyday for years and years in an office or factory.

In a recent conversation, my brother (who works in the corporate world) asked me a similar question about my career path and "climbing up the ladder". He was baffled by my lack of a concrete answer.

Personally, I do not want to be a manger. Being a visionary on a large scale and have others execute the systems would be fun (including a project manager to manage things). I like getting my hand dirty in the execution though.

For now, I'm content being a team of one pushing our church forward to connect with people through technology.

]]> By: Paul Steinbrueck http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43049 Paul Steinbrueck Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:04:46 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43049 I would echo chrisdat... "You replicate what you do so well for many churches..." and you do it working with me. ;) Seriously, though I guess it all comes down to what a person is passionate about and what God that person to do. Everyone's wired up differently. Even web technologists are wired up differently from each other. Just a couple days ago you were talking about NPOnline being the best project ever. Seems the NP is constantly taking on bigger challenges which would provide an ongoing progression of exciting challenges for a web technologist. If that's not completely satisfyingly, then what's missing? Can that missing piece be added to what you do at NP? Or is God eventually leading you somewhere else for that next step? I would echo chrisdat… "You replicate what you do so well for many churches…" and you do it working with me. ;)

Seriously, though I guess it all comes down to what a person is passionate about and what God that person to do. Everyone's wired up differently. Even web technologists are wired up differently from each other.

Just a couple days ago you were talking about NPOnline being the best project ever. Seems the NP is constantly taking on bigger challenges which would provide an ongoing progression of exciting challenges for a web technologist. If that's not completely satisfyingly, then what's missing? Can that missing piece be added to what you do at NP? Or is God eventually leading you somewhere else for that next step?

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43048 human3rror Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:57:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43048 a good word here scott. thanks for that. a good word here scott. thanks for that.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43047 human3rror Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:53:07 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43047 good point! good point!

]]> By: Mikes http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43046 Mikes Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:14:54 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43046 Seek and Pray. He'll answer. Seek and Pray. He'll answer.

]]> By: Scott http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43045 Scott Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:46:14 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43045 Good question. I ask myself this very same question all the time. Unless a web technologist is in the situation of having the resources and the audience to merit a strong push toward the web, he's sort of up a creek in that role. You, however, are in a unique situation of being able to start a new venture at NPOnline (you're a natural entrepreneur), but it's also interesting to note that one day NPOnline will be self-sustaining and no longer require a futurist to keep it running...that means you'll be on to something else that hasn't been created yet. And that's the rub. The career path for a technologist is never clear because the future of the web is never clear. Who saw Google Wave coming? Who saw Twitter coming? Who saw Wolfram Alpha coming? Good question. I ask myself this very same question all the time. Unless a web technologist is in the situation of having the resources and the audience to merit a strong push toward the web, he's sort of up a creek in that role.

You, however, are in a unique situation of being able to start a new venture at NPOnline (you're a natural entrepreneur), but it's also interesting to note that one day NPOnline will be self-sustaining and no longer require a futurist to keep it running…that means you'll be on to something else that hasn't been created yet.

And that's the rub. The career path for a technologist is never clear because the future of the web is never clear. Who saw Google Wave coming? Who saw Twitter coming? Who saw Wolfram Alpha coming?

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/what-is-the-career-path-for-a-web-technologist-in-the-church/#comment-43044 human3rror Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:23:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=5330#comment-43044 puaha. then what am i doing?<br /><br />;) puaha. then what am i doing?

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