As originally published on SouthernAlpha.com

My wife and I recently moved to the Nashville (just south of Nashville actually) from Silicon Valley. We were drawn to this city over others because of nearby family, great schools for our kids and the fact that it had a growing tech community that would allow us to continue doing what we love for work.

Nashville’s investment in technology and programs like Hack Nashville, Healthbox, Entrepreneur Center, Jumpstart Foundry, and Nashville Software School are just a few examples of the strength of the tech and entrepreneurship community here.  But, there is something about the Nashville tech community I don’t quite understand – no matter what your role in the industry might be, I keep hearing people lump their teams together under the title of IT.

Now, I am not knocking IT people here, they play a really important role in the tech ecosystem, especially for larger companies.  But, for all of my years in this industry I’ve never worked in IT, called myself an IT person, or looked for a job in IT.  I am a software engineer.

So, what’s the big deal?

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