Interview with:Andrew rump [andrewrump]
PROFESSION
 | What is your profession? What is your title printed on your business card? Software Engineer |
| Do you usually attended seminars or coursework to advance your professional work or would you consider yourself a more self-taught person? I both attend relevant seminars and read a lot of stuff myself |
| Which languages do you speak, and how have you learned them? Danish as I was born & raised in Denmark and English because my mother is Canadian and I've lived in London when I was young. |
| Have you explored the social networks for professionals online? Are you member of any of them? I am member of LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewrump |
| What do you do to manage stress? Say no to more assignments. |
INTERNET
| What was your first job in the field? Connecting to UseNet and making homepages |
| What is your professional background? What did you do before? I am and has always been a software engineer |
| What was your first computer, and which is your current? Amstrad CPC464 (8-bit Z80 with BASIC, COMAL80, CP/M, assembler, ...)
Dell XPS 430 and Dell Dimension 9150 |
| Do you think the digital gap is a social problem? What would you do to accelerate digital literacy? It is definitely a social problem and there should be more and better education - people should also be told basic stuff - in broad terms, e.g., how the internet and networks works, e.g., router/switch/hubs, DNS, web- & mails-servers |
| What would you do to terminate Internet spam once and for all? Educate people about the internet and upgrade the mail system (SMTP) |
| Will bandwidth one day cease to be a limitation? Never! If you get more you will use more! :-D |
| Your tips to make money online Don't spam!
Make something interesting and things will (slowly) go from there. |
PROGRAMMING
| How did you begin programming and at what age? When I was 10 years old I learned to program a Texas Instrument TI-59 calculator |
| What languages do you code, and in what platforms? Any relevant language on any relevant platform, incl. C++, C, Python, PHP, Java, Inform, PostScript, Forth, LabView, RobotC, ... on MS Windows, Linux, Android, LEGO MindStorms, ... |
| What machine configuration and operating system do you use? MS Windows
Ubuntu Linux
Android |
| When you check out code you wrote time ago, what's the main difference with respect to code that you write nowadays? Nothing really. I learnt to program in a structured way fairly early. |
| Do you still buy programming books, or do you learn everything from online sources? When new technologies appear I sometimes buy (online) books, e.g., Android programming but most of the time I browse the Internet |
| Do you think programming should be taught at the basic education level? Definitely |
| Do you work alone or in a team? Which do you prefer? team |
| How many breaks per day do you normally take? 5-10 |
TECHNOLOGY
| What is your professional position? What technology do you work with? I am a software engineer working with technologies like Linux & MS Windows |
| Do you consider yourself a geek? A geek with a human touch |
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