I have just completed Bachelor of Computer and Information Science program at UMUC and this is my first graduate class. It is just first week, but from what I could read so far, the class looks interesting.
I was always involved with computers, starting from the age of 10. I went through array of computers in the 80s, starting with ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC 6128, Atari 1040 ST, IBM XT and AT compatibles and many others. Right now I have 6-7 computers at home if I can remember of them all. Let’s see, there is main desktop which is Intel Q9450 with 8GB of RAM, 2.5TB of hard drives, then there is linux web and mail server (Q8200, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD), then there is a dual core Athon which pretends to be a storage array (based on Sun’s Open Storage project COMSTAR), Sun Netra X1, Sun Blade 150, linux router/intrusion detection device, PS3 and a Wii. And I almost forgot I’ve just built HTPC (home theater PC) which is based on mini-itx motherboard from Zotac http://www.zotacusa.com/zotac-ionitx-a-u-atom-n330-1-6ghz-dual-core-mini-itx-intel-motherboard.html which is able to play 1080p encoded video and blu ray discs. At the same time this computer consumes very little energy.
I was involved in some programming in the secondary school and also in the high school (mainly basic, pascal, some Z80 assembly) and I even participated in national school programming competitions where I won some prizes as well. That was about 17-18 years ago. Since then I’ve used primarily shell (bash) scripts in my previous sys. admin. work and some C/C++, PHP and Java.
Right now I work as manager of storage team at a big internet company. My work is very challenging and demanding. My team manages about 20PB of storage which is quite a lot even according today’s standards.
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