About Me

I'm just a programmer. Self taught mostly. Started off with C64 BASIC, then went onto QBasic, then learned C/C++ (along with Visual Basic, Microsoft J++) at university.

I have been working professinally via UpWork for past decade or so with small to medium sized projects. Involving to begin with cross platform SDL projects then migrating to web development (PHP, CodeIgniter and some WordPress).

My Resume

September 2024

Summary:

I would consider myself an "all-rounder" programmer. I know enough to work my way around. I've worked mostly with PHP speghetti code of late but have worked within frameworks namely: WordPress, CodeIgniter. I'm comfortable with C/C++ also for desktop/console applications. I can work on Linux and Windows.

Skillset:

Web Stuff: Fullstack (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript ,CSS, HTML, etc) Of late been working with raw PHP (spaghetti code). For frameworks I've worked with: CodeIgniter v3/v2. I've also worked on some WordPress stuff with ADMIN, plugins and some frontend work.
Software/Desktop: For software programming (desktop, Windows, Linux): C++, wxWidgets, Qt and SDL.

Education:

I've earned a Diploma in Business Computing at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand (an Associates Degree equivalent).

Work History:

See UpWork History for my programming professional contract history.

Maintenance | Marks Management
July 2005 - July 2008
Worked as a maintenance man at our local McDonald's restaurant (gotta start somewhere, and not a bad job really). Got to develop interpersonal skills while working there. Got free drinks!

Technical Documentator | T.O.P.
February 2003 - June 2003
i was the "computer guy" at a onion grading facility. I helped keep records, maintain computers (a few simple hardware fixes), printed off documents for shipping. Not a bad gig.