Patrick Roanhouse
Should I stay or should I go now?
Why is it that when I start to care about a place I don't have the ability to afford to stay and help? I have lived in Maryland all my life, and in Baltimore for the last three years of it. I have always wanted to get out of dodge. To find new adventure with dreams of west coast dot com startup. To just run from this Queen forsaken colony given to Lord Calvert of Baltimore.
Though, for some reason I have become smitten with this charm filled harbor city I lovingly call "Bmore". But sadly with the economic downturn I can't find a salaried job or clients to consult willing to pay a livable wage. At what point should I decide that the city I have grown to want to change for the better just can't provide me with a means to afford to help it? When is the point of no return when I should just decide to leave?
This five minute talk is on my moral quandary of should I stay and help for as long as possible to turn Baltimore into the city I dreamed of living in even if I can't seem to find a solid salaried job? Or, should I leave, screaming back to Baltimore as I do in my best Daniel Day-Lewis impersonation, "You be strong, you survive... You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you." Not knowing if I actually will ever permanently return to this needing city.
About Patrick Roanhouse:
Patrick Roanhouse is the host of The Plan8 Podcast. He has covered such events as Macworld San Fran 2009, the first Teens in Tech Conference, New York ComicCon 2009, and E3 Expo 2009. He has had the pleasure of interviewing people who have greatly impacted the worlds of technology, science, and geek culture. He started The Plan8 Podcast in hopes of sharing his love for technology, science, and all things geek with other people.
Patrick has been a computer geek since he was two years old. Learning to program on a Commodore 64. He learned how to surf the internet back in the days of Gopher and Electronic BBS systems. He has been a total UNIX / Linux geek since he got his first Intel computer at the age of twelve.
Patrick Roanhouse is a twenty-five year old As a Cisco, Apple, and Linux trained technologist, Patrick is a motivated problem solver enjoying the puzzle of network deployment. He also has strong interests in distributed cloud computing and off the shelf computing. He also applies solid communication skills and a love of technology to the production of video & audio podcasts. He is also a budding tech startup entrepreneur. Originally from Severna Park, Maryland; he currently resides in the Baltimore neighborhood of Charles Village.
