Welcome in the community David ! Where are you located ?
Regards, On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 10:37 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. -- Serge Stinckwich UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
