Moved on to bigger and better things
- November 22nd, 2011
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I have a pretty darn good job now. The tech support job was interesting but now I’m working as a Programmer / Database Analyst for a small company.
I have a pretty darn good job now. The tech support job was interesting but now I’m working as a Programmer / Database Analyst for a small company.
I just got laid off which is never fun. The only plus side to it is that I live near a beautiful state park that I can go roam around in.
So, if anybody needs a database programmer / analyst with 6 years of experience and an MBA let me know at John (dot) Aho (at) gmail (dot) com
I’m really good to pretty good with ETL, rapid application development and middling to sufficient at Linux system administration on Ubuntu and CentOS.
Overall I’m really platform / programming language agnostic. I prefer to focus on getting stuff done than always using a certain tool to do the job. I’m happy to learn new things and try new software and if the best solution to a problem requires me to learn new skills I gladly do that. I usually work with command line programs when I develop but I’m flexible.
I have a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from when I worked at a defense contractor. I’ve worked on products that were mission critical and high value and on internal tool creation.
I’m looking for work in the Phoenix Metro area and in the Los Angeles area.
Work is going good and I’m up here in the Pacific Northwest visiting family.
I forgot my santa claus outfit though, so I can’t be santa for halloween.
HeatSync Labs balloon launch -time lapse .m4v
HeatSync Labs balloon launch -time lapse iphone optimized
We had a successful launch and recovery of the weather balloon and payload. I was able to help with the launch and I made the time lapse video.
I got a job and I start this Monday. It’s stuff I love doing and the pay is okay. Pretty good for the recession honestly. I’m not going to say what company I now work for but I’m stoked.
The commute is long but my housing costs are low at the moment and since I don’t watch tv an extra couple hours out of my day is no big deal.
I’m off to go swap meet hunting to find a budget stereo for my car. My cd player has had one cd stuck in the player since I bought the car and with long commutes I’m going to need some tuneage.
I’m looking forward to saving money to get a good camera again. I’ve been very, very torn between all the options in Nikon land and I’ve been hoping for a d700 or d90 replacement.
hey hey…
I’m still looking for work and have broadened my work search considerably. I’m glad I have degrees but they almost guarantee getting a full time non-professional job impossible.
110 things I can’t do at work..
A whole bunch of activities that would get you in hot water if you worked in tech support and took it upon yourself to try.
rip big guy.
Steel Rats is a gui wrapper for the command line source code auditing tool RATS. It examines C, Perl, php and python code for keywords that could cause security holes and provides a report for you to further investigate the possible security holes. Steel Rats traverses all the files and subfolders and audits it based on file extension. It currently searches all the keywords at once regardless of target files. Very basic threading is involved in Steel Rats but it is useful. This project is written in C# using the SharpDevelop IDE. I am putting it out there with a gpl2 license. Download Steel Rats
This is a zoomify web version of a huge panorama I made of a fairly large grouping of alligators out at Payne’s Prairie near Gainesville Florida. 27 alligator panorama