OK, so you want to learn a little bit about me? Well, here's the deal: Who is Liz Nisler? I've been doing Web development since my junior year of college, when I began a freelance assignment with CMP Media. I worked between 20-30 hours a week at CMP for about a year and a half (while going to school full-time), designing and hand-coding HTML pages. Toward the end of my tenure there, I was managing six media sites and offering development support on additional projects. Since then, I've moved on <cliché>and, hopefully, up</cliché> in the Web world. My last job has been at New York Times Digital, where I've begun to augment my current coding abilities with more advanced development skills (i.e. XML, SQL, Unix, Java). What do I want to be when I grow up? These days, I work mostly on creating, modifying, and maintaining a dynamically generated site: GolfDigest.com. But as part of my job, I'm also increasing my knowledge as a developer, recently adding basic SQL and basic Java to my list of expanding skills. My long-term objectives are: To have an incredibly fulfilling job that will allow me to grow both intellectually and professionally. To build more sites from the ground up (as opposed to just maintaining and modifying them). To continue learning the skills of Web development—not just through books and classes, but through peer mentors and daily exposure to emerging technologies. To learn more about back-end technologies, without losing sight of front-end development. To be a skilled and valued member of a fun team whose common goal is to produce quality Web sites. (That might sound cheesy, but it's really quite important to me.) So, where do you come in? I'd like to work for a company that values its employees as professionals and takes pride in its online work. I want a work environment that's relaxed yet collaborative, with resources readily available for training—so that employees can both improve their skills and do a better job (and, also, so employees feel appreciated because their company is investing in them). Additionally, I'm looking for a culture that places high value on hard work and initiative, but understands that balance between work and life is key to creativity and success. Now, that combination may sound relatively routine in theory (and in p.r. materials), but I've found that in reality it's actually very rare. So how can you find out if we'd be a good fit? Well, to help, I've prepared a handy "mad-lib" tool...