I haven't seen what an introduction should look like so...
* Georgia Tech 89 BS
* UNC-CH 91 MS
Worked until 94 on my PhD in distributed hypertext systems --
everything we were doing was pathetic compared to the emerging web.
* Nortel Networks 94-99
* The Object People 00-00 -- worked on the TopLink O-R mapping tool
--started one month before WebGain bought them -- Feb-March 2000
* WebGain 00-01 -- laid off one month after 9-11
Used Smalltalk, then C++, then Smalltalk again, and finally Java. Love
Smalltalk. Respect Java. Hate C++.
Love client-server. Trying to love server-side. Still don't like HTML
browsers as user interfaces. Trying to see the light.
Walking in darkness, found Struts, Tiles, Eclipse, ant, xdoclet, and a
host of other open source initiatives.
Started learning Struts and was impressed until I realized that even in
Struts the obvious path wasn't obvious. Got confused. Didn't want to
learn yet another hack. What little of JSP I'd seen was hideous.
Needed Struts, but desired to learn best practices. Discovered it to be
impossible from a book.
Lost hope. Searched web and found nothing. Found BaseBeans on a search
of "Master-Detail" and CRUD. Was struggling with the whole
Action-chaining thing. Looking for alternatives. Signed up for the
mvc-programmer mailing list. Found this class.
Long story guys, I know. There have been times in my life when I
thought that I was a true artist creating things of beauty for my
clients. And many more times that I have felt like a street hustler
drawing a cheap portrait. I got paid either way, but there was a
difference.
I'm 35, unemployed (and looking), happily married for four years, and I
have a teenage step-daughter. She almost has her driving license
(groan). :-) I love nature and walking. My wife and I are planning a
trip to Niagra Falls on July 18th, so Vic had better not push the course
out more. ;-)
My wife is a cell biologist at the University of North Carolina with a
Nature paper to her credit. She's originally from Russia although I met
her in the US through an online dating service. It happened that we
lived within 10 minutes of each other but we would have never met
without the web.
Best vacation I've ever had was Hawaii (more specifically the Garden
Isle of Kauai). I also enjoy trips to the Outer Banks of North Carolina
for surf fishing. The coolest thing there was one afternoon when my Dad
and I caught several Manta Rays. (Of course, we threw them back!)
Anyway, that's me. If anybody knows of any J2EE contract work in the
Raleigh/Durham, NC area let me know. As of now, I'm investigating the
interesting TechEngage initiative (www.techengage.org) that is hooking
up unemployed programmers with non-profit agencies that need their help.
--Doug
Doug Shackelford
919-967-0083
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