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Posted by: jon5850

I would assume most of the people who post in here are programmers and/or developers of some sort. If you can hold back from sarcastic jokes, reply to this message with your job. I'm curious what you guys do.

I'm a web programmer. (SQL/CFML/TCL/PHP etc...)

-Jon

Posted by: kazymyr

Molecular biology researcher.

Posted by: BiloxiGeek

Network Tech, Small Computer Support type guy. Oh, and that's all from being in the Air Force for 19 years.

Posted by: Saturn

software developer.

Posted by: jmoak

op engineer at a dth uplink teleport.
(NOT dtv or dish)
:)

Posted by: c3

electrical engineer (chip, hardware) -- designed microprocessors for many years.

Posted by: PoopBeast

I'm an systems engineer for Sun Microsystems (UNIX workstation vendor). When a customer gets pissed off and is having serious troubles they call me in to figure out whats busted if others have failed to find the problem. Keeps things interesting- you never know whats going to hit the fan and someone else gets stuck filtering out the people who were stupid and screwed things up themselves.

--Poopbeast

Posted by: twangl

Web Designer (Can't you tell from the picture (taken from up a ladder))

Posted by: hammer32

ICBM combat crew commander (as you can imagine there's not much to do day to day, hence getting hooked on tv) and small business owner.

Posted by: SmokeBringer

Independent Software Developer - Visual C++, Windows NT (and derivatives) platform. Primarily real-time control system domain.

I've been using Visual C++ as my primary tool since it was in Beta. In my opinion Visual C++ is the finest development tool ever, well, developed.

Oh, Linux is my hobby, but I can't make a livin' off it :-(

Posted by: stevel

Compiler developer for Intel (previously Compaq, previously Digital - all without changing offices!)

Posted by: Matt9876

Building Automation Tech and well rounded computer guru.

Posted by: SmokeBringer

quote:
Originally posted by stevel
Compiler developer for Intel (previously Compaq, previously Digital - all without changing offices!)

Bedford, MA office?

Posted by: Mike_4462

Fireman. I bet you didn't see that one comin' at ya. lol

Posted by: wiz

Sr. Software Test Automation Engineer. My company makes debugging and profiling tools for software developers and testing tools for Quality Engineers. Currently I write tools for internal use to automate testing and debugging these. Before that, I did two releases of a tool that traps and reports errors in Visual Basic. I've mostly worked on Windows but am just getting my feet wet in Linux.:)

Wiz

Posted by: stevel

quote:
Originally posted by SmokeBringer
Bedford, MA office?

No - didn't even know there was a Bedford office. (Digital used to have one, many years ago..)

I work in Nashua, NH at Compaq's Software Engineering facility on Spit Brook Road. The compiler folks who got acquired by Intel work in a special walled-in section inside the building. There's about 75 of us now.

Posted by: Attack

I'm the Network Admin / Head of Customer Support for an internet Busness to Busness company.

www.archondev.com

Posted by: controlio

Director of the scoreboard show at Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers), and scoreboard operator at Joe Louis Arena (Detroit Red Wings). I also work at a municipal TV station, an independent TV company, and I worked on the set of the upcoming Eminem movie "8 Mile" which was filmed in downtown Detroit.

As far as the ballpark stuff goes, you'll see my footage on ESPN and FSD from time to time. You'll see it on non-televised gamedays, and you can tell it's mine from the cute little "D" in the corner. :) Oh, and you might see me in the behind-the-scenes reel of 8 Mile, once the DVD is released. We'll find out.

Posted by: Reveille

Physician

Posted by: Worf

Plain old software developer here :). But some amazingly varied responses!

(If you want to know, I do embedded OS development - Linux, Windows CE (ick)).

Posted by: abone9

I am just a lowley computer support geek for Ameritrade in Omaha, NE.

Posted by: cwerdna

Software Test Engineer

Posted by: smitty99

student/assistant net admin for a small educational-tech group. We do all sorts of online and hard media-based instructional stuff. It's interesting work ;)

Posted by: SmokeBringer

quote:
Originally posted by stevel

No - didn't even know there was a Bedford office. (Digital used to have one, many years ago..)

It's still there (I think), next to route 62 exit off 3 south. Used to be Shiva building which was bought out by Intel and now has an Intel sign. Not sure what they have there though.

Posted by: tivoupgrade

used to be a Systems Engineer for Sun (before that SGI, a product manager at Cray Research, and an analyst at Alliant Computer Systems, wayyyy back).

Now currently owner of PTVupgrade.COM

Posted by: bsnelson

Boring old software engineer here..

Brad

Posted by: tulip088

Mechanical Engineer - I design industrial bakery equipment.

Posted by: Black_Dragon

Plain old computer services tech (ie: computer support dork) for the Biology Department of Purdue University.

Posted by: bongoherbert

ex technical director at Pixar, now professor / research scientist in human vision.

Posted by: ircbob

technical yahoo! consultant for Yahoo! Portal Solutions ...

http://enterprise.yahoo.com

(let me know if you want a less ambigious description)

Posted by: Yog

Sr. Systems, Network, and Security Engineer

I spec out, configure, and maintain Unix systems, networks, network switches, routers, comm. servers, VPN gear, firewalls, etc, etc for lan/wan. Do some windows stuff also when I have to :-).

BTW: I'm not a new guy. I've been on here for quite a long time (practically since I bought my Phillips 14 hour Tivo). But my account was gone after a lengthly absence, so I had to sign up again :eek: !

I don't post much though ;). Last time I posted until today was after I made the hdparm command I cross-compiled available to the community. That may have been over a year ago! Doh.

- Jim

Posted by: cjeffw

Network admin for a B2B company in Silicon Valley.

-Jeff

Posted by: pauldy

I make sandwiches down at the local soup kitchen.

Spoiler Alert! (highlight to read)
You guessed it out of work .comer. Seriously I'm a student at Devry and I work for Security Company auditing networks for exposures.

Posted by: grgcombs

Ex-macintosh/linux software developer. Got pissed at high-tech industry, so now I'm a government and politics student.

Greg

Posted by: Saturn

quote:
Originally posted by grgcombs
Ex-macintosh/linux software developer. Got pissed at high-tech industry, so now I'm a government and politics student.

Greg

Pissed at the tech industry, so you are going into politics?:rolleyes:

Posted by: ja-kid

Electrical Engineer at one of the "Big Three" auto companies.

Posted by: absmith1

Brand marketing guy.

Posted by: Y-ASK

Sr. Network/Win NT Admin for the Naval Research Lab in Wash. D.C.

I was close enough to the Pentagon that the smoke and smell was unbearable.

Y-ASK

Posted by: csantoni

Enterprise systems implementation/support manager for a large internet company.

(Yes, a few of the .coms did survive :D)

Posted by: adrianblack

I'm the Sr. Systems Engineer for the internet division of an Entertainment company. My specialty's internet. (Routers, servers, topology, WAN, security, clustering, etc.) To think my linux box at home just got hacked the other day! Luckily, even though the guy grabbed my hosts file which had the IP of my tivos, he didn't get into them and cause havoc! He had access to my system for less than 8 hours before I had purged all his trojans off and patched the hole. (Watch out if you run SSH guys!)

Posted by: Saturn

On a related note, I found out the other day that my do-nothing NT box got hacked....about 9 months ago. Someone exploited the famous IIS bug on my machine before it was famous (but still 7mo after MS released a fix). Just copied 4 files to every directory on the box and copyed cmd.exe to root.exe. Pretty harmless. The box has been sitting behind a firewall connecting my TiVo to the Internet for the last 8 months.

Posted by: grgcombs

What's wrong with SSH? Were you using some identity files so you don't have to use passwords?

Greg

Posted by: myridom

I cant seem to remember all of the titles or jobs that I do everyday..
Webmaster, Systems Administrator, Help Desk Tech, Oracle Database Admin, Network Designer & Engineer, Senior VB Programmer, TiVo Guru (yes I did a company wide demo this past week), and mouse ball cleaner..

Most of the time I am refered to as the "Resident Geek"..LOL

Posted by: TIVOROCKS

Pizza Engineer and Part-time Superhero (Shhhhhhhh)

Posted by: T u r b o

Combination network and software engineer.

- Mike

Posted by: blairwitc81

Regional Sales Director for an Internet services company (light buildings, design high-speed networks, etc.)

I also have a Master's in Theology.

Blair

Posted by: nickhull

I'm an associate at the Home Depot (4120 rules!). Prior to that I worked on the grill at Wendys.

I graduated High School.

Posted by: Teeps

Senior Technical Specialist, for a Major transplant auto company; or, you could say: I'm a virtual automobile technician.

Posted by: adrianblack

Don't want to go too far off topic but I was using an older SSH1 server and there is some serious CRC-32 exploit or buffer overflow that allows arbitrary code to be run as ROOT. Dont' remember the specifics but it's dangerous.

Now, we need a new telnetd for tivo with password capability... Minimal but effective security.

Posted by: jps3700

Sr. Network/Telcomm Admin

Posted by: Sparks666

I'm a mountain guide. The pic is from me on a (previously) unclimbed mountain in East Greenland. I spend most summers in South America hauling clients up 20,000' peaks. Winters I ski where there's snow. I'm home about months of the year.

Posted by: theCheese

Walmart Greeter!
(Hi!, welcome to Walmart!)

Posted by: farscape66

Software Manager.

Posted by: stujac

Claims Adjuster (Insurance fraud investigator)

Posted by: daperlman

Software Developer...for media company.

Posted by: Dennis Wilkinson

Software engineer, building video editing and compositing software running on top of custom hardware.

Posted by: jimf15e

Fighter pilot. Specifically, I'm an F-15E pilot for the USAF (can you tell by my user name?) Owned a TiVo for over a year now, and I've upgraded to 2x60 GB in my HDR-212.

Posted by: MrPaulAR

Network Operations Engineer - Arkansas.Net

Posted by: redbeard25

I am the Marketing Director for a Christian Music publishing company.

Word Music

Any Tivo-hacking church choir directors out there? ;)

Posted by: nmerriam

I'm an artist -- spent a few years drawing (mostly inking, some penciling) comic books.

Then i went off to do computer graphics and now somehow I am working for NASA doing a lot of communications work around the world. That Bachelors of Fine Arts degree comes in real handy when troubleshooting satellite connections from the Amazon river :)

Posted by: Naan

I play video games for a living.

Official title: Software Test Engineer.

-Naan

Posted by: grenex

Exit Sign Repair man.

Hey....somebody has to replace the lights in those suckers when they burn out!

Posted by: BubbaJ

Programmer..
Language: whatever..
Preferred language: ******* VB/C hybrid

I support the finance department of a big bankrupt company. previously, when something went down it could cost them millions a day.. now if when they get rid of me, they won't have support. .. I'm just waiting for the end..

Posted by: adheyes

I'm a Software Engineering undergraduate, taking some time out until September. For the last three years I've worked at a radio station, firstly doing the web site, now moving into the fixing things dept :-)

Also worked in a supermarket, a computer store and on local and general Government elections.

Geeks turn up everywhere!

Posted by: Loki

I've always had trouble answering this question. The short accurate way to say what I do is prepping state and local authorities for nuclear disasters. Doesn't go over very well on first dates so what I like to tell people I would like to get to know better is that I'm essentially the equivalent of a fireman for really big accidents.:D

Posted by: Schoenborn

quote:
Originally posted by Loki
Doesn't go over very well on first dates

On the first date I say "I'm a writer", which (without elaboration) goes over pretty well. After the all-important third date, I confess to writing software.:eek:

Posted by: slink

Chief Technology Officer for a healthcare company.

Posted by: mojo1967

Hey Controlio,

You had me on your scoreboard a few times!

Part-time Austin Powers impersonator.
www.austinmojo.com

Full-time Pharmacist.

Mojo

Posted by: Nigel Edge

Marketing guy.... for Turtle Beach, specifically the AudioTron

www.turtlebeach.com

Posted by: phildallas

Old timer who started 4 companies, only one dot com (yes it died)
:( Semi retired techie with a great wife and a 126 hour dsr6000!

Posted by: Thornsoft

Shareware Developer (ClipMate - the world's greatest clipboard extender). I also work part-time in corporate IT (Sr. Systems Analyst), where I've been for 14 years.

http://www.thornsoft.com/images/clipmate5_animated_468x60.gif

Posted by: NJChris

Internal Auditor! WEeeeEEeeee

:D

Posted by: Worf

quote:
Originally posted by Nigel Edge
Marketing guy.... for Turtle Beach, specifically the AudioTron

www.turtlebeach.com

Any discounts for us? :)

(Must... stop... taking... advantage... of... people... !!!...)

Posted by: tivomaverick

I once knew somebody who claimed to be a "hit man" for the CIA.

Job title: "Population Control Expert"

Posted by: rlangis

E10k tech for Sun Microsystems. Looks like there are a few Sun people here, eh? ;)

Posted by: gormly2

I am a Post Rectocide Nuclear Transmission Osmosis Radiological Tech.

and sometimes I clean johns on the weekends.

Posted by: gormly2

aww.. Just kidding on that last one....

I am The Director Of Health and Human Services AND the Director of Human Rights for the Peoples Republic of China.

Fung-Shway!!

P.S. Web Designers are just kidding themselves.. eventually they'll be flipping burgers..

Posted by: Deepfreeze

I am a cryogenics engineer.........in other words I like to freeze things..........anything...just give it to me and I will freeze it.......how cold do you want to go........ :D

Posted by: hawkeye1101

Network Admin for LAN/WAN + ISP an also Airframe & Powerplant mechanic.

Posted by: uTivo

DSP firmware engineer.
Anybody for a VxWorks port to Tivo :)

Posted by: Worf

quote:
Originally posted by uTivo
DSP firmware engineer.
Anybody for a VxWorks port to Tivo :)

Isn't that port called a ReplayTV?

Posted by: hugetivofan

Can't believe I read all the way to the end...

Investment banker.

Posted by: uTivo

quote:
Isn't that port called a ReplayTV?

If it is, then maybe that's why they went under so quickly..their licensing is expensive.

I was just thinking of the diagnostic tools that are provided by VxWorks would help out..

Posted by: hunter69

I am in emerging technology/R&D at a the local RBOC (regional bell operation company) here in Atlanta. Lots of great toys.:D

Posted by: xmajic

Currently, I'm a displaced Unix Admin. Anyone looking for a Solaris guy?:D

Posted by: cmcarson2k

Multiple orgasm donar. On my off time, I program/run a small software development company.

Posted by: dmurphy

I'm a Senior Unix Systems Administrator for the largest cellular carrier in the U.S....

I deal exclusively with Sun systems; everything from Ultra 5's right through 10k's (I still don't trust the 15k yet! :-)

It's a nice, fun job, and the best part is... NO WINDERS! Unlike most Unix sysadmin jobs where the admins are expected to play part-time NT admin, I'm dedicated to Sun hardware... Makes life bearable. :-)

--DM

Posted by: drmcm

I'm a physicist working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I run an infrared spectroscopy beamline at a synchrotron (electron accelerator) light source. -Mike

Posted by: Disker

I work for a Hard Drive Manufacturing company (no I won't say which one), as a "Firmware Test Engineer" (Bug hunter).

I get to work with Consumer Electronics devices and see how they handle drive related failures. Lots of fun toys at work (which has cost me lots of $$, because then I decide I HAVE to have the toys at home).

Posted by: jameskg

I'm a radio station engineer for the largest radio station owner in the country. Great company, fun job.

Posted by: ronsch

Mainframe System Administrator.

Posted by: Davenlr

Bowling Center computer tech/mechanic.

Posted by: pcp_ip

creative director

Posted by: hfwarner3

Software developer.

I work for a gas station chain. We write software that ranges from web applications for corporate reporting down to code that draws data from the POS systems and the gas pumps. That is what I do today.

I started as a amatuer programmer, become a network tech, joined the Army and became a paratrooper, programmed databases for the 82nd Airborne, became a contractor, went heavy into web development, and now I have drifted back to general corporate code development.

Posted by: pauliemitchel

video engineer tv-post production , <freelance> taking care of the old show & tell engine + big iron SGI ... relics from an age when video tape was called quad and nothing fit on the desktop.

Posted by: gregpr

Manage web developers

Posted by: Dakes

Trial lawyer

Posted by: ImaTivoWannabe

Software Developer (16 yrs)
Registered Patent Agent (9 years)
Record Producer (1 year)
EE (only by degree)

In that order. ; )

Heavy background in digital video, was on MPEG committe, special expertise in VoD intellectual property.

Wish I had time to do every possible hack on this baby and then invent a few more.

Posted by: MikeSeery

Doxy.

Posted by: returntospammer

Field Service Tech. for Cox Communications (cable guy)

Posted by: blackelvishello

I design and print t-shirts . Why , do you want some?

Posted by: DrDave

Business Unit Executive - Marketing.. IBM
Have a VERY long history of building electronics, computers, radio transmission equipment, and a lot of programming and systems engineering.

Posted by: youngdr

quote:
Originally posted by Nigel Edge
Marketing guy.... for Turtle Beach, specifically the AudioTron

www.turtlebeach.com

I have the rebranded Gateway MP3 Appliance prototype (thanks, eBay!) and absolutely love this thing. Good work, this was exactly what I needed for party music in my main room downstairs when all my MP3's are on the computer upstairs. Good thing I installed an ethernet port downstairs too!

Oh, I guess I should say my profession... I'm a retired Web Developer (not by choice of course) and now run an official merchandise company, www.buyswag.com

Posted by: teknikel

I work in TV and film right now but looking to get into networking. If you can help I would appreciate it.

thanx,

kel:D

Posted by: Ipaqjoe

Chemist for a 688 Nuclear Powered Fast Attack Submarine.
<U.S. Navy Pool Boy>

...A drop of this, a bottle of that, what did you say the spec was? :eek:

Posted by: psxnationshroom

I'm an ex-dotcommer that now works in Newspaper Distribution for the Tribune-Herald. :D

Posted by: scottjf8

Internet Security and Routing Engineer - basically I install, configure, manage CheckPoint Firewalls and Cisco routers for major companies......

Pretty fun if you ask me... I enjoy it

Posted by: bigjohn

Production drone for Fox Sports Net West, clock and score operator (SportsMedia Autograph)

Big John
FSN

Posted by: JimmyJoe

Database Administrator

Oracle, MS SQL Server, Informix on SUN/HP/NT/W2K

Posted by: btalbott

Network Engineer (full time job)
Certified Trainer (part time job to supplement my computer habits/tivo/electronics).

Complete computer nut. Can't get enough. Wife ready to kill me....Speaking of wife..gotta go, before she finds me on the computer again :-)

Posted by: JamesW

To the Audiotron guy : convince them to sell 'em in Australia! I bought one, the shipping cost me about half again the cost of the unit... it's a great box though.

Disker : We need you in the www.storagereview.com forums. :)

Me? I'm a program manager for a large international telco. I manage projects, design products, write business plans, that sort of thing. Plus all the usual pre-sales bid support stuff for ATM/FR/IP when things get frantic.

Posted by: RoanokeHokie

By title, I'm a Software Engineer for a little company you've never heard of called Acterna . My group develops DSL test solutions (butt-sets) for installation and maintenance crews.

What I do is part hardware (FPGA firmware design), part software (ATM network drivers for Linux), part network admin (SQL Server admin), part test engineer (DSL Interoperability lab overseer), part TiVo addict.

Not that I do a particularly wonderful job on any of it. :D

Posted by: ttb

male gigolo :-)

Network Engineer (full time job)
Network+ Instructor (part time job to supplement my computer habits/tivo/electronics).

Posted by: NPBeacher

Sr. Tech Manager for a the world's largest ISP/online provider/media company (who for reasons beyond human reasoning I cannot name here, but you can figure it out), responsible for the Southern California internal office network.

Tony

Posted by: murphie

I am an Agent for a prominant "Below The Line" Talent Agency. Personally, the clients that I represent are Directors of Photography, Production Designers & Costume Designers. I book them on Commercials and Music Videos. I was a Producer before becoming an agent. My Hughes DirecTivo records 138 hours now and I love it :-) !!! Thanks for all the help guys and gals :-)

Posted by: edhara

...Musician.

Saxophonist, to be exact.. Been playing for 23 years now...

Lots of Top 40, blues, disco.. jazz doesn't pay, unfortunately...

...But I *LOVE* my TiVo!! :p

- Ed

Posted by: dtalk

Long time lurker, first time caller! :)

Well i'm a high school student, systems admin, web designer, programmer, and of course a super-hero by night! :D LOL I have found these forums are very helpful. You guys rock. Peace out!

Posted by: wasteman34

im a garbage man for Waste Management.

Posted by: Duke

VP-Merchant Support for DFS Group, Ltd. My job is insuring merchants & buyers make the best use of our world-wide merchandising computer systems. DFS is the worlds largest duty free retailer, with shops in 12 countries around the globe. I also do a lot of software beta testing.

Duke

Posted by: disneyjoe7

JOB....

Electronic Technician, For a large local Telephone company work in a central office, Just these 4 walls, Never outside.

Responsible for..

Lucent 5E swith

Special / toll ISDN, DATA CIRCUITS, And the like...

Carrier T3, T1, MUX OC48, OC12, OC3, And the like...

Near DISNEY, Couldn't you tell

Steve

Posted by: RoanokeHokie

quote:
Originally posted by disneyjoe7
Responsible for..

Lucent 5E swith

I'm sorry... ;)

quote:
Special / toll ISDN, DATA CIRCUITS, And the like...

Carrier T3, T1, MUX OC48, OC12, OC3, And the like...

Got any test equipment there? Tele-Path Instruments (TPI)/Telecommunications Techniques Corporation (TTC)/Wavetek/Wandel & Goltermann? I work for the new conglomeration of those companies (Acterna).

I'm personally responsible for code on some of them... some of them have "easter eggs" in them, I might be able to share some :cool:

Posted by: disneyjoe7

>>> Lucent 5E switch

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm sorry...

quote: <<<

Why say that I think it's a great swith 38,000 customers on it...
I like it better then a DMS 100.....

>>> Got any test equipment there? Tele-Path Instruments (TPI)/Telecommunications Techniques Corporation (TTC)/Wavetek/Wandel & Goltermann? I work for the new conglomeration of those companies (Acterna). <<<

Have some TPI 550b & 550a TTC/Wavetek is used in field none in office I think, But I will recheck that. I work for... (Well I don't really what to say OK) But can say it's a Large RBOC

Steve

Posted by: RoanokeHokie

quote:
Originally posted by disneyjoe7

Have some TPI 550b & 550a TTC/Wavetek is used in field none in office I think, But I will recheck that. I work for... (Well I don't really what to say OK) But can say it's a Large RBOC

Steve

Well I can guess the RBOC you work for by the nick. :) The TPI 550A/B is designed at my office (Salem, VA, USA). I'll have to ask around on what (if any) easter eggs are on that one, though, as I've never touched its code.

Posted by: chefmitch

I sell consumer electronics :-)

Posted by: NPBeacher

quote:
Originally posted by disneyjoe7
>>> Lucent 5E switch

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm sorry...

quote: <<<

Why say that I think it's a great swith 38,000 customers on it...
I like it better then a DMS 100.....

Steve

Could be worse... I used to work in an old Step office!

Tony

Posted by: TxnBluDvl

Graduating law student, heading off to be an attorney in the Bay Area in the fall. (On my seventh TiVo).

Posted by: maverick453

I'm just your generic silicon valley network geek! :) I work as a network architect for a software company in Cupertino, CA.

Posted by: Marc

I'm a software engineer for Sun Microsystems working on iPlanet messaging products.

Yup... another Sun guy. :)

--Marc

Posted by: soundguy

Concert/club audio engineer (mostly hard rock/metal/thrash/punk)

Commercial audio system/paging system designer/installer

Porn site operator :) (www.metalshavings.com)

Wannabe programmer (perl, VB, JS,...you know, the EASY stuff :))

Posted by: Mase

Attorney (was a former New York city prosecutor)

Posted by: Step

Broadband Tech. for AT&T

Posted by: pauly666

Systems Engineer for the largest deployed digital cable set top box in the world and designer of next generation digital video recorders.

Posted by: cheezeemee

Bossie Room Operator

Posted by: RoscoePColtrane

Pet, although I prefer "Companion Animal".

The guy who types for me is a Systems Administrator for a b2b in Silicon Valley.

Posted by: Tenacious Lee

I walk infront of cars and sue the drivers.

While healing, my other job gave me the title "Technical Engineer" for a temp position they expected to last three weeks and I finished in 1. Now I come in late everyday and do mind-numbing data entry mostly. Never admit to being a fast typist.

Posted by: Nihilator

Well, as long as this thread has been resurrected...

I work for the Maryland Jockey Club. We operate two thoroughbred race tracks: Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course...Pimlico hosts the Preakness Stakes. Most of my day is spent providing handle and cashflow analysis. Mostly Microsoft Access stuff. And I put out logistical fires.

Nights and weekends, I run Artisan Cards. And do some minor-league hosting and website authoring (html only).

--Chris

Posted by: devnull

Diagnostic Software development manager for Cisco's Catalyst 6000 and long time *nix tinkerer (my first job was in Xenix!).

I started on the hardware side of the world at Sun (I briefly had a hand in diags for Ultra 5/10) a long time back and made the move into software (diags straddle the hw/sw line) because software was more fun.

gary

Posted by: mediastorm73

adult webmaster full time

tv addict part time

Posted by: stevejenkins

Two-time ex-dotcom founder/CEO. I sold one business to CNET in February 1999 and the other to Micron in December 1999.

I will be the first to admit I got damn lucky with the timing, but I'll take all the luck I can get, baby :)

Posted by: kmess

Airline pilot....

Posted by: angra

I research software engineering techniques for high performance (mostly embedded) computing.

Posted by: mattdrury

Online manager, keeping Forums and Chat Zones on CompuServe perky.

Posted by: tmaxwell2435

Oracle DBA for a school district.

Posted by: SaTaNBuGG

Law Student

Posted by: migdoc

HMO doc but I have 2 redeeming qualities (2 fortified dtivos)

Posted by: youngdr

quote:
Originally posted by stevejenkins
Two-time ex-dotcom founder/CEO. I sold one business to CNET in February 1999 and the other to Micron in December 1999.

I will be the first to admit I got damn lucky with the timing, but I'll take all the luck I can get, baby :)

Wow, if my memory serves me correctly about who you are, I remember Winfiles.com (what was the original Windows domain name?) and VServers fondly. As an early Internet geek, Winfiles.com was a frequent destination and later as a web developer, VServers was my hosting company of choice. Too bad HostPro, and now Interland, have f'd it up so badly. Chris Swallow was my AE over there and he took great care of me!

So what are you up to now Steve?

Posted by: boody

I'm a shepherd.

- Fletch F. Fletch

Posted by: ShannUtley

I'm a Sign Langauage Interpreter.