Experience Level

My personal interests in certain topics and the knowledge acquired in my computer science studies somewhat define my expertise:

• I am a language addict. I love to explore different languages for the paradigms they offer.
  • If paradigms are like hammers ... well, when i meet a new hammer, all my problems look like nails for a short period.
  • They teach you only a very narrow-minded subset of the spectrum at university, which i find quite pitiful.
  • Languages that faciliate interactive programming (python or ruby shells, common lisp REPL, erlangs hot code replacement, etc.) are superior!
  • There is no real language of love for me in the universe (but there are strong candidates like python and ruby for most stuff i do)
• I am fascinated by the human brain, and therefore in the fields of AI and ML, as they try to simulate humans.
  • I took courses at university regarding cognitive systems and machine learning.
  • I try to focus on human-computer-interaction right now at university, especially alternate input methods.
  • Improving the human ability to cope with information and computer supported collaborative learning/working are further fields of my studies.
• I got quite involved in theory about software architectures, especially the OOP design paradigms.
  • I took a course at university regarding software engineering.
  • I spent hours after hours on the web, just reading about current programming styles.
  • I tend to over-design on my own code, but am getting better at striking the balance between beautiful design and getting code done.
• I love web applications, especially since the advent of the so-called Web2.0(tm)
  • I never learned anything about them in university, since they tend to do everything in Java
  • In the eternal war between SOAP advocates and RESTafarians i happily choose the REST-side
  • I am interested in web apps that faciliate collaborative working (wiki, organizers, etc.)

My general experience in programming, regarding hours spent, is roughly estimated according to the following factors:

• general motivation for programming as a hobby since i first started
• programming done for courses at university
  • functional programming (Haskell)

  • OOP & software engineering (Java)

  • Database (SQL)
  • several programming assignments in other courses (somewhat free choice of language)
• jobs i had in the past 4-5 years (40h/month in average)
  • admin jobs which involved programming
  • full-scale programming jobs
• interest for programming languages in general
Experience in coding in general
started 2000, 2500 hours
Experience in Python coding
started 2006, 500 hours
Experience in HTML
started 2000, 500 hours
Experience in CSS
started 2002, 200 hours
Experience in Javascript
started 2006, 100 hours
Your favourite programming language(s), best first
Python, Ruby
Tools you use for development
emacs, laptop, green tea
Did you already do full day work (8h/5d) over some weeks on some software project yet?
Not really. Had some phases, where i hacked code 16h/day for some days. Mostly because of some deadline for a part time job. I never want to do that again ... ever.
If not, is your motivation good enough that you think you can do that for MoinMoin?
Right now i am fully motivated to tackle this task.