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* '''2001jun - present''' — Durham, NC: vbz.net; Linux; database & software development; occasional private computer consulting | * '''2001jun - present''' — Durham, NC: vbz.net; Linux; database & software development; occasional private computer consulting | ||
==Work Projects== | ==Work Projects== | ||
* Co-designed/wrote shipping calendar application | * Carrier Transicold: | ||
* Co-designed/co-wrote Windows (client) end of system for exchanging data between mainframe (DEC PDP-11) business system and MS Access and [[wikipedia:Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]] - critical business system still in use as of 2003 | ** Co-designed/wrote shipping calendar application (VB6) (still in use as of 2003) | ||
** Co-designed/co-wrote Windows (client) end (VB6) of system for exchanging data between mainframe (DEC PDP-11) business system and MS Access and [[wikipedia:Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]] - a critical business system still in use as of 2003 | |||
** Co-designed/wrote application (VB6) for tracking product assembly as components travel down the various assembly lines | |||
** Re-hired in 2003 to improve existing applications (VB6, MS SQL Server 2000) and assist with design of some new ones; also stood in for Ed for most of a week while he took a long-overdue vacation | |||
* Designed/wrote store-item topic-assignment utility for vbz.net in VB6 | * Designed/wrote store-item topic-assignment utility for vbz.net in VB6 | ||
==Notes== | |||
*I tend to learn new technologies best by using them; I learned the following on the job having had little or no prior exposure: | |||
** Visual Basic 6 (Carrier; no prior experience) | |||
** MS Access 97 (Carrier; no prior experience) | |||
** Transact SQL (Carrier; no prior experience) | |||
** C++ (Duke U.; no prior experience) | |||
** Borland Pascal (Brown U.; very little prior experience) | |||
** Fortran IV/77 (Brown U.; one class in the late 1970s, using punch-cards, otherwise no experience) | |||
*I have been learning MySQL (similar to MS SQL Server) for use with some of my own projects. | |||
*I learned HTML entirely on my own, and have used it heavily since 1996. | |||
*I learned CSS entirely on my own, and use it frequently. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Ed Johns at Carrier: {{email|James.E.Johns|carrier.utc|com}} | * Ed Johns at Carrier: {{email|James.E.Johns|carrier.utc|com}} | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 18 October 2005
Contact
| 122 Pinecrest Rd. Durham, NC 27705 |
Nick Staddon nick2024@hypertwins.org |
919-402-9774 vox 206-338-5660 fax |
Résumé
Areas of Expertise
- Overview: VB6/VBA, SQL (MS Access, MS SQL Server, MySQL), HTML, CGI, Linux, Perl, C++, Delphi / Object Pascal, CGI, ActiveX, Windows API
- Microsoft: Visual Basic 6.0, Jet / Access 8.0 (97), SQL Server 7 & 2000, DAO, ADO, COM
- Open platforms: HTML, CGI, Perl, Linux; familiar with KDE, Gnome, MySQL, MediaWiki 1.4/1.5
- phases of software development: requirement specification, design & documentation, coding, testing, deployment
- Explaining technical issues in audience-appropriate language
History
Formal Employment
- 2003mar29 - 2003sep23 — mostly telecommute: Carrier Transicold: Software Engineer
- Reason for leaving: top-level administration issued an order to discontinue all outside programming contracts, as in 2001
- 1998nov05 - 2001jun14 — Athens, GA: Carrier Transicold: Software Engineer, MIS Department
- Reason for leaving: top-level administration issued an order to discontinue all outside programming contracts as a cost-saving measure
- 1997aug - 1998oct19 — Appleton, WI: Pierce Mfg., Inc.: Software Engineer (early version of CommandZone)
- 1993oct - 1994apr — Athens, GA: UGA, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering: "Laboratory Assistant part-time", Windows 3.1 / DOS programmer [1]
- 1991oct - 1993oct — Athens, GA: The Athens Observer: graphic layout, also computer technician (mostly amateur)
- 1990jan - 1991sep — Durham, NC: Duke University Humanities Computing Facility: "Neural Network Computing Research Associate"
- 1985oct - 1989dec — Providence, RI: Brown University Department of Psychology: "Research Assistant", mostly programming
- 1983 - 1985may — Durham, NC: Microglyphics, Inc.: "Customer Support Technician"
Other Work
- 1994may - present — Cox-Staddon Enterprises, Inc. (Owner): web & software development; e-commerce (vbz.net); small LAN setup/config/admin
- 2001jun - present — Durham, NC: vbz.net; Linux; database & software development; occasional private computer consulting
Work Projects
- Carrier Transicold:
- Co-designed/wrote shipping calendar application (VB6) (still in use as of 2003)
- Co-designed/co-wrote Windows (client) end (VB6) of system for exchanging data between mainframe (DEC PDP-11) business system and MS Access and SQL Server - a critical business system still in use as of 2003
- Co-designed/wrote application (VB6) for tracking product assembly as components travel down the various assembly lines
- Re-hired in 2003 to improve existing applications (VB6, MS SQL Server 2000) and assist with design of some new ones; also stood in for Ed for most of a week while he took a long-overdue vacation
- Designed/wrote store-item topic-assignment utility for vbz.net in VB6
Notes
- I tend to learn new technologies best by using them; I learned the following on the job having had little or no prior exposure:
- Visual Basic 6 (Carrier; no prior experience)
- MS Access 97 (Carrier; no prior experience)
- Transact SQL (Carrier; no prior experience)
- C++ (Duke U.; no prior experience)
- Borland Pascal (Brown U.; very little prior experience)
- Fortran IV/77 (Brown U.; one class in the late 1970s, using punch-cards, otherwise no experience)
- I have been learning MySQL (similar to MS SQL Server) for use with some of my own projects.
- I learned HTML entirely on my own, and have used it heavily since 1996.
- I learned CSS entirely on my own, and use it frequently.
References
- Ed Johns at Carrier: James.E.Johns@carrier.utc.com