One of the most common pain-points I hear from the Music Teachers (VMT) that I have spoken to over the last few years has been planning student lesson schedules for the next school term. I have had a few false-starts over the last few years on this, I keep uncovering yet another piece of foundational scheduling functionality that we need before this can start. Anyway, Soniq now has a solid scheduling foundation built into the core, and with Soniq in beta, this foundation is becoming pretty mature. Now’s my chance to try again.
It’s been almost four years now since I started on a side project to help Esther. Sometimes I ask myself: why am I still doing Soniq? After a busy week at work, I seem to get energy from doing a very similar thing: writing code, thinking about data, thinking about algorithms. It’s become a labour of love and more than just a business venture.
Create and Learn
I think it’s the making of a new creation; the thought of helping someone out there with every day needs; the thought that I might be able to excite someone or improve their everyday life. At the same time it has proved to be an invaluable learning experience for me.
Dave Taylor - Software Engineer
