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I am originally from Pennsylvania. I had a co-op job at [http://www.spectracomcorp.com/ Spectracom] from December 2007 to March 2008 in Rochester, NY. My previous job was as a TA for a [http://www.cs.rit.edu/~vcss231 Java class at RIT] (which I usually returnreturned to when I'm notwasn't on co-op), where I started doing a lot of my RC editing (I've been back to that job a few times). I also advertised RC to the kids while I worked as a TA. My next job was another co-op at [http://thomsonreuters.com/ Thomson-Reuters] (formerly Thomson-West), where I tested software (mostly using [[JUnit]]). I worked from June through November 2009 at [http://www.cims.rit.edu CIMS], a lab at RIT. I will be startingstarted work at Bank of America (Charlotte, NC) in August 2010.

I've primarily worked inused [[C++]] and [[Java]], with some [[Ruby]], [[C]], and [[wp:Motorola_68K|Motorola 68K]] Assembly (only Java and C professionally, and C was barely professional). I've also worked inused [[BASIC]] ([[wp:QuickBASIC|QuickBasic 4.5]] in particular)--my first programming language. In high school, I learned [[QuickBasic]], C/C++, Java, [[wp:Apple_IIe|Apple IIe]] Assembly, [[Pascal]], and [[Visual Basic]] (all somehow without learning what an object is...?). I mostly use Java now. I kind of wish I got money for every time I "Added a Java example." I have taken college classes in C and VHDL. At my first co-op, I used [http://www.opnet.com OPNET]. The coding part of OPNET is C with some predefined functions (which usually make the program fail). All my other working experience (two other co-ops and my current job) has been in Java.

I have been a [[Windows]]/[[Microsoft]] user for the longest time. I used DOS (playing Commander Keen and Duke Nukem) way back before I knew how to check versions and all. I used Windows 95, 98SE, 2000, XP, and XP7. At college I started using [[UNIX]] and [[Solaris]] for CS (along with [[Emacs]] and Eclipse) and I've used [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] (Debian testing w/Gnome). The synaptic package manager was what drew me to it. If you haven't seen it, you'll be converted when you do. I've found that without Linux, I miss having multiple desktops (which I don't feel like installing for Windows). It has been hard to get the motivation to install Linux again. It probably won't happen for a while.