No doubt sir, that's really a masters life ;) >-----Original Message----- >From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:23 PM >To: Avalon Developers List >Subject: Re: Jealous of the introductions :-) > > >Stephen McConnell wrote: > >> Yeah .. +1 on that! > > >I guess I only needed one :) > >My name is Berin Loritsch, knocking on 30's door (I'm young aren't I?). >I live in Virginia in the good ol' USA. I started out typing in programs >>from Commander magazine for the Commodore 64. It didn't take long to >realize that BASIC was too slow, and the programs written in assembly >were much faster. So I got an assembler, a dissassembler, and got to >work reverse engineering some software and making some of my own. Since >I like graphics more, I was one of the first to get GeOS (Graphical OS) >for the C-64. It's Assembly API was the best I've seen yet. My first >corporate job was an R&D assistant for Systar, Inc. (a French company). >While I was there I goofed off, wrote my first game, and had my introduction >to designing a database application. I left that job to go to school. > >I've always been into the musical arts, but I can't sing and I can't >play any instruments--so I learned to record. I went to Full Sail >Center for the Recording Arts, which has nothing to do with programming-- >although the section on practical troubleshooting was better than I've >heard for any other course of study. When you are paying over $200 an >hour and some equipment breaks, you have to fix it fast. > >When I got back from school, I set out to find a job in the field I studied > >for (don't we all?). In the mean time, I was temping as an administrative >assistant. Then I had two offers: studio manager for $6.00/hour or admin >for $22500/year. Being the smart person I was, I went for more money. It >didn't take long to get bored with the job, so when they introduced the >internet to the office, I found out about Linux, the Free Software Foundation, >and Open Source. I knew I needed some new skills, and I have been itching >to learn C++, so I got a copy of Linux to learn. I couldn't see spending >over $600 for a compiler back then. In the process I learned UNIX >administration, how to compile a kernel, and how to really skrew up a >Linux install in five easy steps. > >Professionally, I got involved in the PC service center, became an >"environment specialist" (not an admin, but not a full fledged technical >person either) and set up the processes for borrowing computers, and keeping >inventory. I got another division interested in me, and I designed 3 >database systems and a software defect tracking tool. I got my first >official experience as a professional programmer there--though I didn't >go beyond making simple tools. > >I moved from that company (woefully underpaying me), to the one I work for >now, that is very sympathetic to OSS--especially when it helps us make better >products. I helped them with a coldfusion application, and after a painful >migration of no less than 3 different styles for the same app to one I found >out about Cocoon. I did a quick demo of what Cocoon could do for them, and >got their interest. I went from Cocoon to Avalon and back to Cocoon (version >2). > From that point on, I have been involved in Avalon, Cocoon, JMeter, Axis, >and a couple projects that I started. > > > > >-- > >"Those who would trade liberty for > temporary security deserve neither" > - Benjamin Franklin > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
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