My Blog
Ingredients in My Career May 2, 2016
About a year ago, I began wishing to enhance my technical coding skills.
It began to appear to me that I would be more useful and valuable as a
programming consultant. I found a job writing visual basic (vb.net) with
asp.net as the web browser facing software. I have an extensive background with
sql relational database and also with hierarchical databases so it was easy
to work with that as part of the software stack.
I wrote several applications with extensive work in a CRM [think salesforce.com] rewrite for internal use. After this was turned over to the user, I was assigned to create a web site for vendor management [amazon.com in reverse] where the moderator listed needed work and then vendors could bid on it. thumbtack.com is similar.
In fact, today, there are several different programming languages that spring of out if - then - else logic and they pretty much are the same. I am good at vb.net and at C# - two languages that are so similar the software platform form them - Visual Studio - can convert code written in one language into the other.
I think there will be a shortage of United States based programmers eventually and my work will be in demand.
I wrote several applications with extensive work in a CRM [think salesforce.com] rewrite for internal use. After this was turned over to the user, I was assigned to create a web site for vendor management [amazon.com in reverse] where the moderator listed needed work and then vendors could bid on it. thumbtack.com is similar.
In fact, today, there are several different programming languages that spring of out if - then - else logic and they pretty much are the same. I am good at vb.net and at C# - two languages that are so similar the software platform form them - Visual Studio - can convert code written in one language into the other.
I think there will be a shortage of United States based programmers eventually and my work will be in demand.
Ingredients in My Career Nov 3, 2013
I have been working all my life - I enjoy work because to me
work is about helping others. When I was a DJ for ten years
in my 20s, I brought popular music to people. I wrote and
presented the news. I was constantly recording commericals.
I like doing commericals. I like selling and I like creating
an explanation of why something works - and an explanation
that exhibits some production values that make it sound polished.
I was in the Army for 3 years - I was a DJ in the Army. That gave me a chance to move beyond my background and experience and develop a desire to finish my education.
I returned to school at the University of Southern California and worked my way to a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and a Law Degree. I practiced law in Los Angeles. I tried to help people solve their problems. It wasn't always easy.
I shifted into writing computer programs. I always had a knack for technology. In a few months, I was writing an online program that produced trucks as they were designed in another country.
I moved to New York City and wrote trade entry and management programs that were state of the art. One program enabled one of our users to place and profit from a trade against the Bank of England. I don't think I could have done that: but I did create a process that made that work possible.
I retired from that career four years ago and began doing what I always wanted to do: originally be a DJ but more recently become a video producer. I have a unique strength in video production because my literature studies help me tell a story in a professional way. My technology skills put me at an advantage in creating and distributing videos.
This came together in a series of videos I produced about Farmers Markets locally. Last Saturday, I won my first award for a video I produced: an award for best commercial video. You can see my life experence there: producing commercials for ten years for radio, developing skills in telling a story, and having the technoloy abilities to shoot and edit it.
It is my goal now to continue producing promotional video whether for a profit making business or for a nonprofit helping people, or recording key moments in someones life. It's back to work now. David.
I was in the Army for 3 years - I was a DJ in the Army. That gave me a chance to move beyond my background and experience and develop a desire to finish my education.
I returned to school at the University of Southern California and worked my way to a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and a Law Degree. I practiced law in Los Angeles. I tried to help people solve their problems. It wasn't always easy.
I shifted into writing computer programs. I always had a knack for technology. In a few months, I was writing an online program that produced trucks as they were designed in another country.
I moved to New York City and wrote trade entry and management programs that were state of the art. One program enabled one of our users to place and profit from a trade against the Bank of England. I don't think I could have done that: but I did create a process that made that work possible.
I retired from that career four years ago and began doing what I always wanted to do: originally be a DJ but more recently become a video producer. I have a unique strength in video production because my literature studies help me tell a story in a professional way. My technology skills put me at an advantage in creating and distributing videos.
This came together in a series of videos I produced about Farmers Markets locally. Last Saturday, I won my first award for a video I produced: an award for best commercial video. You can see my life experence there: producing commercials for ten years for radio, developing skills in telling a story, and having the technoloy abilities to shoot and edit it.
It is my goal now to continue producing promotional video whether for a profit making business or for a nonprofit helping people, or recording key moments in someones life. It's back to work now. David.
An Early Blog Entry
I was very happy with this video because it is the
story of a person excited about a year-end celebration
who is working to bring that excitement to others.
Working with her, I was able to bring out 3 goals:
- Help volunteers feel the spirit earlier,
- Help people with different traditions participate, and
- Join with mom in picking toys for kids.
