My programming journey

• I am self taught with no background in Computer Science. Prior to my first job, I could barely use a computer. 

• In 1992 I failed my "Computer Driving Test" at University, which was

  • Using Windows 3.1:

    • Open a file using File Manager

    • Save it in a new location with a different name

• 1995-1996: I started using Unix shell scripting to copy, create and delete audio files 

• 1997: flow based programming of IVR systems such as C3 to answer phone calls

• 1998 - 1999: 

  • SCO Unix shell scripting; Programming in C; JavaScript/HTML web development (first Geocities page); IVR programming using Synamics; 

  • Creating and managing my first fully hand coded corporate web site

    • I used Dave Thau's Hotwired WebMonkey tutorial to learn how to build interactive websites. Years later Dave and I both ended up working in Geo at Google.

• 1999: Web development (ASP, JavaScript); Visual Basic; more C (point-in-polygon analysis), CadCorp SIS, Esri scripting: Avenue and AML; 

• 2000: Visual Basic, ASP, JavaScript, writing my first AJAX applications

• 2000-2012: 

  • ASP, Microsoft .Net, Java (JSP, IBM Portal server, Servlets), ASP.Net, C#, JavaScript and 'Dynamic HTML'

  • Esri ArcObjects (COM)

  • SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle databases

  • First introduction to AWS

• 2012 - now: 

  • Web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js)

  • Server tech: Java, PHP, python, Go, JavaScript, 

  • Native mobile: Swift, SwiftUI, Android (Kotlin, Java)

  • Managing GitHub repos and working on OSS