Coding Wrenchers?

How about tech support to keep the coders' desktops working?

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"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Well, we all know how smart many of the people are on this
newsgroup. There is a wealth of bike knowledge contained
here, and even lots of good computer knowledge.

How many of the people here are into computers? How many
are programmers?

In my experience, I've found that many people who are
adept mechanically, are also very adept with computers.

The reason I ask is my company is looking for new
programmers, but I thought I'd prefer to have a co-worker
who was into bikes as well! I

think

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having an interest outside of computers is ... umm ...
healthy. ;-)

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

I'm very sorry for the off topic post, but I thought it
would be nice to have another co-worker that thinks
surfing for [censored] means going to
chrisking.comchrisking.comOpen ↗ !! ;-)

Take care, Dave

P.S. Just respond to this post, for obvious reasons, the
email address above is bogus.

or Network Services to keep the data moving.

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How about tech support to keep the coders' desktops
working?

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"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Well, we all know how smart many of the people are on
this newsgroup. There is a wealth of bike knowledge
contained here, and even lots of

good

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computer knowledge.

How many of the people here are into computers? How
many are

programmers?

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In my experience, I've found that many people who
are adept

mechanically,

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are also very adept with computers.

The reason I ask is my company is looking for new
programmers, but I thought I'd prefer to have a co-
worker who was into bikes as well! I

think

Quoted message said:

having an interest outside of computers is ... umm ...
healthy. ;-)

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

I'm very sorry for the off topic post, but I thought it
would be nice to have another co-worker that thinks
surfing for [censored] means going to chrisking.comchrisking.comOpen ↗
!! ;-)

Take care, Dave

P.S. Just respond to this post, for obvious reasons,
the email address above is bogus.

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Dave <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<KaEAc.1440$0A.17379@localhost>...

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In my experience, I've found that many people who are
adept mechanically, are also very adept with computers.
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ya know, its funny, but I've noticed a correlation between
engineering (including programming) biking, karate, and
beermaking and beer drinking. Serious!

I'd follow up with ya on this one, but am in no way
interested in moving. 😉

d

Howdy, Dave. I'm actually an engineer, but I impersonate a programmer
frequently. The computer can't tell the difference. Fortunately, neither can
my employer. 🙂

I too live in the Vancouver area, and might be open to a
change in jobs, though I don't know Perl. I speak C, Ada,
Java and 80x86 Assembler. Computer languages are pretty
much alike, though, so I wouldn't expect Perl to be
impossible to learn.

What sort of shop is yours? Unix or Windows? What type of
business (in general)?

As far as bikes go, I'm a confirmed roadie, so we might
not have much in common aside from two wheels to talk
about anyways.

Regards, Lyle Lyle_BeaulacRANDOtelus.net replace
"RANDO" with "@"

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Well, we all know how smart many of the people are on this
newsgroup. There is a wealth of bike knowledge contained
here, and even lots of good computer knowledge.

How many of the people here are into computers? How many
are programmers?

In my experience, I've found that many people who are
adept mechanically, are also very adept with computers.

The reason I ask is my company is looking for new
programmers, but I thought I'd prefer to have a co-worker
who was into bikes as well! I

think

Quoted message said:

having an interest outside of computers is ... umm ...
healthy. ;-)

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

I'm very sorry for the off topic post, but I thought it
would be nice to have another co-worker that thinks
surfing for [censored] means going to
chrisking.comchrisking.comOpen ↗ !! ;-)

Take care, Dave

P.S. Just respond to this post, for obvious reasons, the
email address above is bogus.

Dave

I can program pretty good (perl among others) but am a
complete loss at anything mechanical. Thank goodness I dont
need to know how to fix a bike to ride one!!

Good luck in your search

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Well, we all know how smart many of the people are on this
newsgroup. There is a wealth of bike knowledge contained
here, and even lots of good computer knowledge.

How many of the people here are into computers? How many
are programmers?

In my experience, I've found that many people who are
adept mechanically, are also very adept with computers.

The reason I ask is my company is looking for new
programmers, but I thought I'd prefer to have a co-worker
who was into bikes as well! I

think

Quoted message said:

having an interest outside of computers is ... umm ...
healthy. ;-)

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

I'm very sorry for the off topic post, but I thought it
would be nice to have another co-worker that thinks
surfing for [censored] means going to
chrisking.comchrisking.comOpen ↗ !! ;-)

Take care, Dave

P.S. Just respond to this post, for obvious reasons, the
email address above is bogus.

Dave <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<KaEAc.1440$0A.17379@localhost>...

Quoted message said:

Well, we all know how smart many of the people are on this
newsgroup. There is a wealth of bike knowledge contained
here, and even lots of good computer knowledge.

How many of the people here are into computers? How many
are programmers?

In my experience, I've found that many people who are
adept mechanically, are also very adept with computers.

Well, my wife's a programmer, but she's pretty inept
mechanically. That's not a slur on her- she'd rather ride
than work on her bike. Working on bikes is my job.

(FWIW: she's currently working at HP, twiddling bits for
printer firmware. She's also 5-foot-10, blonde, and quite
pretty. Marrying her was the single best decision I've made
in my sordid life. We live in the *other* Vancouver, the one
in Washington state.)

Quoted message said:

The reason I ask is my company is looking for new
programmers, but I thought I'd prefer to have a co-worker
who was into bikes as well! I think having an interest
outside of computers is ... umm ... healthy. ;-)

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

I'm very sorry for the off topic post, but I thought it
would be nice to have another co-worker that thinks
surfing for [censored] means going to
chrisking.comchrisking.comOpen ↗ !! ;-)

For a while KCG was looking for a Mac guru to run their
internal network. Since the job req is no longer visible
( chrisking.comcomp employment.htmlOpen ↗
), I'd guess that the job's been filled. I applied
there, but I guess 15 years in the bicycle business
isn't enough for them.

Jeff

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ricardo Damiano Cunego said:

Dave

I can program pretty good (perl among others) but am a
complete loss at anything mechanical. Thank goodness I
dont need to know how to fix a bike to ride one!!

Good luck in your search

Heh. Meet your opposite. I'm a computer tech, a fairly inept
programmer, but I wrench with abandon (word chosen carefully
to have both positive and negative connotations). Current
project is a 7-speed BMX, soon to be a 21-speed BMX with the
addition of a Campy triple front ring setup.

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"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

How good are you looking for? I ride faster than anyone I
know who codes better than me, and I code better than anyone
I know who rides faster than me. Unfortunately Ben can ride
farther and code better than me, thus messing things up.

There are lots of faster cyclists who are smarter coders
than I, but I don't know them 🙂.

-RjC.
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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Andre:

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How about tech support to keep the coders' desktops
working?

Sadly no. :-( But I'd be happy to re-post here should
something come up. Good luck.

Dave

Ricardo:

Quoted message said:

I can program pretty good (perl among others) but am a
complete loss at anything mechanical. Thank goodness I
dont need to know how to fix a bike to ride one!!

Are you looking to make a move to somewhere else? If you're
looking, let me know. Vancouver is a nice city with some of
the best mountain biking I've ever done.

Take care, Dave

Ryan Cousineau said:

Quoted message said:

Dave

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
I've seen!

How good are you looking for? I ride faster than anyone I
know who codes better than me, and I code better than
anyone I know who rides faster than me. Unfortunately Ben
can ride farther and code better than me, thus messing
things up.

I think that's largely because you haven't tried, citing
"boredom" as your excuse. I don't think my knee is ready
even for a 100 km ride yet, but I did make it up to SFU for
the first time since my injury today (on my 42x14 fixie, no
less!) This was a dramatic improvement from last Wednesday,
when I only made it a little past Boundary, and had to take
the bus the rest of the way. I credit another day at the
beach for the improvement.

Sorry Dave, never programmed in Perl, so unless your
employer is satisfied with someone who can learn quickly
and is already familiar with regexps, etc., I'm out of
the running.

--
Benjamin Lewis

Everything that can be invented has been invented. --
Charles Duell, Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899

In article <[email hidden]>,

Benjamin Lewis said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

Quoted message said:

Dave

Quoted message said:

> Is anyone a good Perl programmer? We're located in
> beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lots of
> good riding here, and some of the craziest mtb trails
> I've seen!

How good are you looking for? I ride faster than anyone
I know who codes better than me, and I code better than
anyone I know who rides faster than me. Unfortunately
Ben can ride farther and code better than me, thus
messing things up.

I think that's largely because you haven't tried, citing
"boredom" as your excuse. I don't think my knee is ready
even for a 100 km ride yet, but I

No, that's the excuse I use for not being a better
programmer.

My excuse for not riding farther is that I haven't trained
to do it, and my specific citation for why I race is that I
have a short attention span (though I did do an 80 km race
over rolling terrain not too long ago, so my distances are
inching up very slowly).

Quoted message said:

did make it up to SFU for the first time since my injury
today (on my 42x14 fixie, no less!) This was a dramatic
improvement from last Wednesday, when I only made it a
little past Boundary, and had to take the bus the rest of
the way. I credit another day at the beach for the
improvement.

Good job on the riding. But enough with the beach! No more
mentioning the damned beach!

Quoted message said:

Sorry Dave, never programmed in Perl, so unless your
employer is satisfied with someone who can learn quickly
and is already familiar with regexps, etc., I'm out of the
running.

Also, you better see how the employer feels about blue hair.
In Vancouver, that's probably an asset.

Thinking of shaving my head,
--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

No, sorry, I am not looking, but I would like to visit
Vancouver, and I read regularly about how great the mountain
biking is in BC. There is such a plethora of programmers
down here, I'd be very surprised if you do not find just
what you need--

"Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ricardo:

Quoted message said:

I can program pretty good (perl among others) but am a
complete loss at anything mechanical. Thank goodness I
dont need to know how to fix a bike to ride one!!

Are you looking to make a move to somewhere else? If
you're looking, let me know. Vancouver is a nice city with
some of the best mountain biking I've ever done.

Take care, Dave

[email hidden] (dan baker) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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ya know, its funny, but I've noticed a correlation between
engineering (including programming) biking, karate, and
beermaking and beer drinking. Serious!

I got all of that covered except Karate, I never studied any
martial art.

I haven't met many other cyclists who brewed their own beer
but they all seem to be happy to help me drink it.

One of my pet peeves is overuse of the term "engineer." Most
of the "software engineers" I met have never actually
studied much software engineering but are just good coders
who are trying to get a more impressive title than
"programmer." I don't consider Field Engineers to be
engineers, they are technicians. I also don't consider most
CNE's and MCSE's to be engineers either (unless they
actually went to engineering school at some point). Even
though I've done a little work in fields lumped into
electrical engineering I've never been to engineering school
and where I work when we were discussing new titles I argued
against putting engineer in everyone's title.

I've seen a more direct correlation between music and
computers. Most great musicians I met are also quite handy
with computers and many of the best computer scientists I
meet are quite good musicians.
--
Bruce Jackson - Sr. Systems Programmer - DMSP, a M/A/R/C Group company

Bruce Jackson said:

... One of my pet peeves is overuse of the term
"engineer." Most of the "software engineers" I met have
never actually studied much software engineering but are
just good coders who are trying to get a more impressive
title than "programmer." I don't consider Field Engineers
to be engineers, they are technicians. I also don't
consider most CNE's and MCSE's to be engineers either
(unless they actually went to engineering school at some
point). Even though I've done a little work in fields
lumped into electrical engineering I've never been to
engineering school and where I work when we were
discussing new titles I argued against putting engineer in
everyone's title....

You forgot "social engineer" and "sanitation engineer". 😉

--
Tom Sherman – unCivil Engineer