Who am I?

I’m a software developer who has been programming professionally since 1981.

Background:

My background goes all the way back to the stone age of computer programming

• Started as a COBOL programmer on a mainframe computer
• Entered the new age with 4th generation languages (ADABAS/NATURAL) which was supposed to save the world
• Got into PC programming in Pascal, C++, Paradox and dBASE
• Further along to client/server programming using Paradox and PowerBuilder against Oracle and Sybase
• Took the deep dive into Embedded ANSI C programming
• Back up to the by many developers dreaded (but powerful) SharePoint development which I’ve followed through similar amazing changes
  • Site templates
  • “Handcrafted” Full Trust Solutions
  • Full Trust Solutions with help from VS
  • Sandboxed Solutions
  • SharePoint Apps/Add-ins
  • “Handcrafted” SharePoint Framework like solutions using TypeScript, Custom Actions and CEWP
  • SharePoint Framework
• Switching to working with core Web technologies and accessibility using
  • C# and TypeScript services running in Kubernetes
  • Oracle
  • AWS
• Then working with foundational systems for the same company
• And now back to working with SharePoint/Office 365 and related technologies