+1 Very exited. Please dp :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berin Loritsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:24 PM Subject: Re: Jealous of the introductions :-)
> Gerhard Froehlich wrote: > > > +1 wanna hear > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
