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I've been programming since childhood. ROM Basic was everywhere. I got a help desk job in cc. Then worked into their tech team, where I leveled up on a dozen pl
by illuminant 2y ago
I've been programming since childhood. ROM Basic was everywhere. I got a help desk job in cc. Then worked into their tech team, where I leveled up on a dozen platforms, languages (DCL :|) and support processes. Soon there after a boom made my sheet attractive for hybrid support/systems.
Automation was what I was good at. And I'm a natural sleuth, so I don't need direction only tasks and responsibilities. I'm actually lazy af, my strategy is to automate and "normalize" tech stacks.
I would say my natural intellectual curiosity and predisposition for order and organization out paces my conventionally trained peers, who race to catch up with the next task. How many times have you actually randomly scrolled through your data? Really? Just peeked at how the streams are doing and what kinds of things you notice?
For the past ten years I have achieved the ultimately satisfying freedom of "independent contractor". Next you will be asking me, "how do you bill?" To which I will answer, "art of invoicing." Git them an agreed upon invoice immediately, and do the work