Hey all,
I've been registered here for a little while now. Figured it's about time to introduce myself to the wider community here.
I'm Jason, I'm thirtysomething (I forget!). My friends call me Hippy 'cause I used to have long hair and a huge goatee beard......I've long since lost the hair, but kept the beard.....And the nickname seems to have stuck, it would appear!
In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my wife, kids and cats; all aspects of computing (games, programming, 3D modelling with Blender, surfing the web etc. etc.); listening to all kinds of music (mainly the many rock/metal subgenres...but not always!); playing the drums in my band and teaching people to play drums at our guitarists studio.
Professionally, I'm a (more or less) self-taught programmer*, with 5 years commercial programming experience in (mainly) C++.
(* I have a professional qualification in ANSI 'C', everything else I learnt myself...Usually the hard way!)
My first 3 or 4 years were spent working for a small UK based e-learning company, developing and maintaining their C++ based multimedia engine and its associated e-learning software.
In my time there I also got the chance to work on several learner management systems and student gateways/portals using ASP.NET, C#, SQL server and HTML/Javascript. Plus Scorm compliant, flash-based e-learning content using flash/AS1/AS2 and AS3.
I now work as a C++ analyst/programmer for a UK based company who provide market leading 3D CAD/CAM software to the shoemaking industry.
I originally discovered Daniweb a while back when I was googling an unusual compiler error I was getting... I eventually found the answer in one of the threads here and subsequently joined up.
Daniweb helped me in my time of need, hopefully I can do the same for somebody else in theirs!
I can usually be found lurking in the 'C', 'C++' or 'Graphics and Multimedia' forums offering little nuggets of wisdom here and there..
I don't profess to knowing everything about everything, but I'm more than willing to chip in if I think I can be of assistance!
Anyways, that's me!
Cheers for now,
Jas.