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Linux user since 1998, I have been using computers since 1988 and have always had an interest in computer communication and networking, this interest extended to linux in 1998 after using [SCO] Unix at Waiariki Polytechnic and wanting to have the power of [Unix] on my home machine.
Before becoming a [Linux] user I had primarily been a [DOS]/[Windows] user. My main interests were programming and BulletinBoardSystem~s. From 1994 to 1996 I ran Euphoria BBS in the Bay of Plenty town Whakatane, during this period I also maintained the New Zealand BBS list and was a Co-Sysop on several other BBS's such as "The Dungeon" in Wellington.
-I spent 1 year at Waiariki Polytechnic in Whakatane doing CBC, from there i progressed to Waikato Polytechnic where I studied DipBC (Programming) which ruined my interest in programming mainly due to having to document every damn class in all my programs. After polytechnic I was initially employed at Compel Automation as a Systems Engineer where i met and worked with fellow [WLUG] member GreigMcGill, after doing this for approximately 9 months I moved to Palmerston North and worked for Alpha & Omega Technology where I worked for 11 painfully boring months, at this point I returned to Hamilton and worked at Millennium Technology as a Computer Technician.
I am currently
employed by Turbo Investments Group in Napier as their resident IT Manager, we have also formed
a company Bay IT Solutions to provide professional IT consultancy
and support
.
+I spent 1 year at Waiariki Polytechnic in Whakatane doing CBC, from there i progressed to Waikato Polytechnic where I studied DipBC (Programming) which ruined my interest in programming mainly due to having to document every damn class in all my programs. After polytechnic I was initially employed at Compel Automation as a Systems Engineer where i met and worked with fellow [WLUG] member GreigMcGill and MichaelPook
, after doing this for approximately 9 months I moved to Palmerston North and worked for Alpha & Omega Technology where I worked for 11 painfully boring months, at this point I returned to Hamilton and worked at Millennium Technology as a Computer Technician,
I was
employed by Turbo Investments Group in Napier as their resident IT Manager, but got sick of being treated poorly like the rest of their staff.
+I am now employed as
a Network Engineer for an Auckland based
company, most of my time is spent working on Lucent/Ascend RAS equipment and other tricky gadgetry from FortiNet, Nortel
and BlueCoat
.
I was a RedHat user, but now [Gentoo] is my daddy.
-I consider myself to be an F-Secure guru,
I have installed and used all
of their products (bar [SSH])
and manage several large installations of their VPN+ and ~AntiVirus products using their
excellent Policy Manager server for linux
and client for Windows.
-
-I am
also currently doing my CCNA so I can become a CiscoNut~
s and as soon as I have a spare $5k I will become RedHat certified
.
+I have a lot
of experience with anti-virus protection
and prefer Eset NOD32 due to it's low memory foot print,
excellent performance
and also it'
s ability to be centrally adminstered
.
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