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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!

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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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