Software knowledge

for Rhodes Hileman at Small Systems Company.

• Operating systems:
  • Unix
  • OS/2
  • WinNT4, WinME
  • DRDOS
• Languages:
  • Past - Assembly, Pascal, and Forth.
  • Present - Perl, Java, Cisco, HTML, SQL, CFML, Unix scripts.
  • Future - more Cold Fusion, Perl, Java.
• Management Applications:
  • An MRP system of my own design which has seen over a decade of use. Author.
  • Supercalc 2,3,& 4 - a spreadsheet which I still use, with programming. Expert.
  • Excel - capable.
  • Lotus Approach 96 under WinNT 4, - I have designed databases with this. Strong facility.
  • Paradox 3 & 4 under DOS. - I have designed databases with this. Strong facility.
  • Quattro - capable.
  • Access - novice.
  • Timeline 5 - a project manager; I have expert facility with this tool.
  • Timeslips 5 - a time billing program. Capable.
  • QuickBooks - Intermediate facility. In use for many years.
  • GoldMine 4 - a contact manager. Intermediate facility.
• Documentation:
  • Word 97 - Currently producing technical documentation in this environment. Intermediate fluency.
  • Ventura Professional 2.0 - for page layout, and book design. I still use VP2 regularly although I also have Corel's version. I have produced complete software and hardware documents with VP2. Almost expert now.
  • Wordstar 3.3 and 5.5 - for editing. I have used version 3.3 since CP/M days. I still prefer it for editing. Expert. Wrote custom index and tutorial for 3.3.
• CAD systems:
  • Schema 3 - schematic capture system. Strong facility with this.
  • PADS PCB, versions 5 & 6 - printed circuit board design system. I have done most of my design with this system. Expert level.
  • Cadnetix - printed circuit board design system, on the Sun platform. Intermediate facility with this older system from Intergraph. Have not used the autorouter on either this or PADS.
  • Lavenir View386+ - Gerber photoplot editor. I have this installed. My level is novice here.
  • AutoCAD 13, and 2002 - drafting system. I have done some designs with AutoCAD. Intermediate facility.
  • GRASS - The public domain GIS. Have compiled and installed this on Unix. Beginner.
  • ARCinfo - The industrial GIS. Beginner.
• Image Processing:
  • Photoshop up to v5.5
  • HiJaak v2.02
• Communication:
  • Unix Internet servers: running my own firewall, DNS server, SMTP server, and web server.
  • OS/2 and Unix Internet client utilities, telnet, news, ftp, mail, all in regular use.
  • Netscape: using the latest versions on Linux-2.2, WinME, WinNT4, OS/2-Warp4, and MacOS-8.6.
  • JStreet Mailer, from Innoval, written in Java. I love this full featured mail handler. Capable.
  • Procomm. Communications utility. Expert.
  • Many fax utilities, including FaxRush for Goldmine; wrote user's doc for FaxRush.
  • Network configuration experience under Linux, WinNT4, WEB NOS 4 under DOS, and with Cisco routers.
• Housekeeping:
  • Xtree, Ztree, and Unixtree: for DOS, UNIX, OS/2, & NT4.
  • Tape utilities for DOS, OS/2, and UNIX. (QIC and DDS3)

I am currently teaching "Unix for System Administrators" at North Seattle Community College. I am proficient with shell scripting.

Past experience was mostly writing device drivers. Wrote a driver for an eight port SIO card. Solid knowledge of RS232C protocols. Growing familiarity with TCP/IP environment. Have done extensive scripting for databases, speadsheets, and communication utilities.

I have managed software development in small teams working on proprietary hardware (which we also designed).

I write structured code, and I comment and document it. I also write technical manuals for both programmers and users.

I assemble and configure all my own systems. For an example of the research I do for systems integration see a report on the state of graphics chips compatible with NT4, OS/2, and Linux (where all three are required). This report was published in "extended attributes" the journal of the OS/2 community, Feb 1999.

I served for two years as coordinator for the sysops committee of the Seattle Community Network.

Influential books:

• The Mythical Man/Month, Brooks
• The Psychology of Computer Programming, Gerald Weinberg
• Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, Scott Adams :o)

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