Welcome! Norbert
> Am 10.01.2016 um 23:37 schrieb Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.ber...@me.com>: > > Welcome David! > > Alexandre > > >> On Jan 10, 2016, at 6:37 PM, David Allouche <da...@allouche.net> wrote: >> >> Hello folks. >> >> Some people have already seen me on Twitter and Slack, but I believe there >> might be some people on the mailing list that did not see those >> conversations. >> >> As I have done on Slack, I am writing this introduction so people have an >> idea where I come from and what is my business with Pharo. >> >> I am a professional programmer. My current job is tech on a small company I >> run with two associates (by the way, we are hiring a good Python web dev >> with a passion for good code). The product is a SaaS web application for >> recruiters. They call that an Application Tracking System, it is a workflow, >> communication and archival system for job applications and candidates. >> >> I started programming 25 years ago with HyperCard, and since I have at least >> played with Pascal, C, Prograph, asm68k, HP-48 (RPL, Saturn asm), Java, >> bash, C++, LaTeX, XSLT, Delphi, Scheme, elisp, JavaScript. >> >> I have contributed to GNU TeXmacs where I made important contributinos >> during about 2 years, as I completed by training as an software engineer, >> and worked at CNRS in Rennes. Then I got involved in GNU Arch (wrote a >> Python driver), Bazaar (bzr scm) where I worked with the founding team at >> Canonical while working on the version control aspect of launchpad.net. >> After that, I had mostly no contribution to free software, working on >> financial modeling at a bank and then on my current business. I made a >> presentation on SQLAlchemy at PyCon.fr 2015. >> >> I am a fan Design Patterns (GoF) and the Refactoring book. My mentor at >> Canonical (Robert Collins) is heavily influenced by Smalltalk and championed >> XP there. I always had strong interests in software systems design, >> programming language design, typography, and user interface design. I feel >> strongly for the concept of software craftsmanship. >> >> My current job is nice, good pay, lots of independence ; after 6 years >> working on the same project, I need some fresh intellectual stimulation. And >> I was recently impressed by the presentation "Nothing is Something", by >> Sandi Metz, who is heavily influenced by Smalltalk. >> >> http://confreaks.tv/videos/bathruby2015-nothing-is-something >> >> So, I here I came, bumbling my way around the system, looking for >> intellectual stimulation, and for a way to make a positive contribution. >> >> I was very impressed by the nice welcome I have received. And I see there is >> lots of useful work to do here. >> >> So that's where I come from when you see me chipping in the conversation >> here. >> >> Regards. > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > >
