I'm pretty sure no where else on the internet I've had the same account for longer than a decade. Still blows my mind. And no website has ever left such a positive impression on my personal life and professional career. I was a naive 18-year-old with a knack for playing and making text-based games. Now I'm a husband, father, and career nerd, err I mean Information Technology Professional. =P This here forum had a hand in that.
I hope all is well with the contributors here. Personally, things are great. My career has shifted more in the realm of hardware and systems vs. software development, but I always have some sort of web/software project on the go. And even in my hardware-related roles, I've managed to find ways to utilize the skills I first fine tuned on this forum to help the company out in a small, yet significant way. An example could be my development of a tool to assist in scheduling where our lacklustre tool of choice (*cough* Kronos *cough*) falls short, and an inventory system which uses smartphone cameras to scan QR codes and ties into a LAMP stack in the cloud.
Anyway, I'm off to a meeting. Just thought I'd quickly say hello.
I may be lurking in these here parts from time to time. I'm a sucker for nostalgia and frankly, I miss the conversations.
Sami