http://bill.wards.net/blosxom Bill Ward's Blog, powered by Blosxom (All - Work - Programming) en http://bill.wards.net/blosxom/2001/07/30#background <p>I <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom/writing/autobio/cbm-history.html">started out programming</a> on <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom/computers/commodore/cbm-overview.html">Commodore</a> computers when I was 10 years old and my class got a PET. I knew then that I wanted to do it for a living.</p> <p>I graduated in 1993 with a BA in Computer and Information Sciences from <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom?redirectURL=http://www.ucsc.edu/" onMouseOver="window.status='to www.ucsc.edu/'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">UC Santa Cruz</a>, and immediately started working as a contract system administrator and programmer.</p> <p>My language of choice these days is <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom?redirectURL=http://www.perl.com/" onMouseOver="window.status='to www.perl.com/'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Perl</a>, which I use (along with JavaScript) in developing software for clients of my firm, <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom?redirectURL=http://www.bayview.com/" onMouseOver="window.status='to www.bayview.com/'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Bay View Consulting Services</a>. Some of the Perl modules I've written are available on the Bay View Consulting web site in the <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom?redirectURL=http://www.bayview.com/perl/modules.shtml" onMouseOver="window.status='to www.bayview.com/perl/modules.shtml'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Perl Modules</a> area.</p> <p>If you are interested in hiring me to work, view my <a href="http://bill.wards.net/blosxom?redirectURL=http://bill.wards.net/resume.html" onMouseOver="window.status='to bill.wards.net/resume.html'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">r&eacute;sum&eacute;</a>.</p> <!-- Updated: Mon Jul 30 06:15:34 2001 -->