One of the perks of working for O’Reilly is that we get any of the O’Reilly books for free. For anyone into technology (like me), that’s pretty cool. I admit I had to think twice as I packed my books in North Carolina whether I should bother with all my animal-emblazoned tomes. They were heavy, but they came with.

For anyone who hasn’t made a pilgrimage out to O’Reilly World Headquarters in Sebastopol, California, the front lobby is a mini bookstore, with three walls of bookshelves filled top to bottom with O’Reilly titles. I feel like a kid in a candyshop every time I walk through there.

But I played it cool. I didn’t head home on my first day, arms all bulging with a stack of books. I waited until Thursday, and I picked up just one: Ben Hammersley’s new book on RSS and Atom. There is one great responsibility I should mention that comes with a perk like free and unlimited O’Reilly books. Don’t go out and try to sell them. Especially not online.

All that said, let me introduce myself. I’m Justin Watt, formerly of Carrboro, North Carolina, having recently relocated to Santa Rosa, California in order to take a position as a Senior Web Producer in O’Reilly’s Online Publishing Group (OPG). I have a blog outside the Belly of the Beasts at justinsomnia.org if you’re interested in checking up on my shenanigans outside of work.

This post first appeared on From the Belly of the Beasts, a weblog from some of the people who build O’Reilly websites.