About
My first on-the-job Development experience occurred when I was a Technical Support Rep doing email support (Prodigy Email, no less) in 94,
and we had no way of tracking previous customer emails, so I wrote a quick command line utility in C that provided
an easier reference for all of the representatives.
The next five years, I earned my A.S. in Computer Science, and pursued non-S/W development work such as Tech Support and PC Network upgrades.
My first full-time entry into development began around 99 when I worked at homestore.com (currently move.com), coding the
functionality that took care of importing raw MLS listings data into the database after "massaging" data into DB-usable columns of data using Perl.
Where I've been, and what I've done in a nutshell:
- At Digital Insight / Intuit, Developed Business Banking Applications with C++ / Informix
- Wrote Windows-based Accounting Applications used by Entertainment Companies
- OOP-based PHP at NewCars.com, luxuryrealestate.com, Enotes.com, Clearwire.com
- Created Django-based tool, also using jQuery framework for the front-end, for a client on a contract basis: feedtastik.com
- Personal Project: Created a Flex 3-based Application with Actionscript 3.0 and implementing Zend_AMF for read/writing to a SQL Database
They had a standard OOP-based library, large in scope. Many databases tables handling data such as
Search Engine traffic statistics, Mapping Dealer Info to Online Advertising details, etc..
I worked on all areas of their PHP code-base
as well as re-writing MySql schema to handle multiple advertising accounts per Dealer.
Luxuryrealestate.com has over a hundred clients having their
Real Estate Web Sites managed by luxuryrealestate (aka Ewing and Clark).
I worked on new features, and on resolving PHP/MySql/Javascript issues that arose
on their PHP-based sites. The PHP library was a large OO-based codebase which implemented the Abstract Factory Pattern to allow the single codebase to
drive many different sites with different styles and features.
Took part in the PHP and Mysql development of their new Clear.com site - an eCommerce portal to sell their WIMAX service.
... along the way, having Meta concepts such as OOP and Design Patterns - through self-education and experience in the field - pumped into my brain
( A more visual representation (however abbreviated) of my last three positions )
If you'd like more detail on my experience, please request my resume via the Contact Me link below