I've worked professionally with software research & development since 1990, and continue to enjoy
working with lots of different technologies to solve a problem. Here's an estimate of my actual experience:
| Skill |
Type |
Years |
| Intel x86 / Pentium |
Hardware |
10 |
| Motherboard / chipset resources |
Hardware |
10 |
| Networks / Modems / Internet |
Hardware |
8 |
| Data Security and encryption |
Hardware |
7 |
| Trace-Mountain loaders |
Hardware |
5 |
| Barcode readers and scanners |
Hardware |
5 |
| Hardware debug boards |
Hardware |
3 |
| Smart cards |
Hardware |
1 |
| CD-ROM publishing |
Hardware |
1 |
| Operating systems in general |
Operating Systems |
13 |
| MS Windows 3.x |
Operating Systems |
2 |
| MS Windows 95 |
Operating Systems |
6 |
| MS Windows 98 |
Operating Systems |
4 |
| MS Windows NT 4 |
Operating Systems |
4 |
| MS Windows 2000 |
Operating Systems |
4 |
| MS Windows XP |
Operating Systems |
2 |
| MS DOS, PCDOS, 4DOS |
Operating Systems |
13 |
| UNIX (ISPs) |
Operating Systems |
8 |
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 |
Operating Systems |
. |
| Microsoft Office 95-2002 |
Software |
8 |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer |
Software |
6 |
| Microsoft Internet Information Server |
Software |
5 |
| Microsoft Exchange Server |
Software |
3 |
| Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
Software |
2 |
| Microsoft Help Workshop |
Software |
5 |
| MSI, Wise, InstallShield |
Software |
6 |
| FTP publishing software |
Software |
8 |
| Firewalls and POP3 |
Software |
3 |
| Tridion DialogServer |
Software |
1 |
| Apache Web Server |
Software |
. |
| Assembler |
Language |
12 |
| Borland Pascal DOS/Windows |
Language |
8 |
| Borland Delphi |
Language |
8 |
| Microsoft Visual Basic |
Language |
8 |
| HTML / DHTML / NHTML |
Language |
6 |
| VBScript/JavaScript |
Language |
6 |
| Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) |
Language |
6 |
| Microsoft VBA |
Language |
6 |
| SUN Java SDK |
Language |
1 |
| Borland Kylix |
Language |
. |
| ASCII / Custom Written databases |
Database |
13 |
| Dbase / Paradox |
Database |
7 |
| Microsoft Access |
Database |
6 |
| ODBC Databases |
Database |
4 |
| Microsoft SQL Server |
Database |
4 |
| ADO/DAO |
Database |
4 |
| Oracle |
Database |
1 |
| MySQL |
Database |
. |
| Interfaces |
Datacommunication |
10 |
| Internet / Email |
Datacommunication |
10 |
| FTP |
Datacommunication |
6 |
| TCP/IP networks |
Datacommunication |
4 |
| Instant Messengers |
Datacommunication |
4 |
| HTML/XML exchanges |
Datacommunication |
4 |
| Ethernet |
Datacommunication |
2 |
| Microsoft NetMeeting |
Datacommunication |
2 |
| E-Commerce/API interfaces |
Datacommunication |
2 |
| Module based software |
Methods |
10 |
| Software development |
Methods |
10 |
| Help Files and Documentation |
Methods |
10 |
| Archives (zip,arj,..) |
Methods |
10 |
| Security and encryption |
Methods |
10 |
| Research and Prototyping |
Methods |
10 |
| Software Debugging |
Methods |
10 |
| Code optimization / profiling |
Methods |
10 |
| Impact analysis, business analysis |
Methods |
8 |
| Microsoft Windows API (16/32) |
Methods |
8 |
| Component based software |
Methods |
8 |
| Office automation |
Methods |
7 |
| COM/DCOM development |
Methods |
4 |
| E-Business setup / profiling |
Methods |
4 |
| Shareware releases |
Methods |
3 |
| E-Commerce |
Methods |
2 |
| Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) |
Methods |
2 |
| Research & Development |
Other |
13 |
| Project Management |
Other |
8 |
| Business to Technology positions |
Other |
7 |
| Project Watchdog |
Other |
6 |
| IT / Research & Development |
Sector |
10 |
| Business/Consumer software products |
Sector |
10 |
| Customer relations and administration |
Sector |
7 |
| Financial software (EFTs, portfolios, sales, budgets, reports, analysis, etc) |
Sector |
3 |
Skills