BA in math.  I was always fascinated by mathematics, even as a kid.  There was never any doubt that I would pursue something math-related as an adult.

When I was in junior high school, computers were just starting to become available for the general public, and I began learning BASIC programming.  I got even more involved in computers in college, where we had a DEC RSTS/E system, and a few, very highly-in-demand video terminals.  In my junior year I learned Pascal, having mostly used BASIC and FORTRAN to that point, and was amazed at the beauty of structured programming.

In my career, I've always been a software engineer (except for the first year out of college, when I tried teaching English in Japan).  My first job gave me a chance to learn C, as well as the joys of programming in Unix.  I've found that I naturally gravitate towards higher-level languages, preferring applications programming over disciplines closer to the hardware.  In that respect, Perl fits most naturally with my style of programming, and although I knew of Perl, I didn't really start learning/using it until the summer of 2000, when I was a toolsmith for a networking company.

My current job is by far the best I've had in years.  I'm a build/release engineer for a telephony company, whose product is based on a Linux platform.  Most of my work involves writing Perl -- as I also work on tools, automation, and web-based programming (mySQL, CGI, HTML, Javascript, etc.)  I'm very blessed to be able to use my past experience combined with learning lots of new things all the time.  One thing I can say for sure is that I'll be using Perl for as long as I can!

@ARGV=split//,"/:L"; map{print substr crypt($_,ord pop),2,3}qw"PerlyouC READPIPE provides"

In reply to Re: What do you do for living? by liverpole
in thread What do you do for living? by tamaguchi

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