[VPM] greetings and brief introduction

[Peter Scott]

Welcome, Greg!

We look forward to seeing you on the 21st.  Feel free to tell us about 
anything you'd like to hear about.

You may also be interested in http://www.vlug.org/ if you don't already 
know about it.

At 09:44 AM 6/7/2005, Greg Maruszeczka wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>I just joined the list and am planning to attend my first PM meeting in
>a couple of weeks but I thought maybe this might be a good time to say
>"hello" and introduce myself. I hope this is considered appropriate for
>this list. Otherwise, please excuse the noise :)
>
>A couple of months ago I moved here with my family from Ottawa. There I
>spent the last three years running a small consulting company, providing
>desktop and LAN support services to local business. Having given up my
>consulting business to move to Vancouver Island I'm kind
>of...er...between jobs at the moment. That's okay, though, because it
>will give me more time to concentrate on Perl.
>
>I'm coming to Perl from a predominantly non-technical, liberal arts
>educational background so it's been a considerable challenge getting up
>to speed on all the fundamentals the average CS grad takes for granted.
>Still, I've had some basic exposure to C, Javascript and PHP but have
>the most experience (and appreciation for) Perl even if I'm still pretty
>much a novice. Currently, I'm spending most of my time on unix system
>administration and improving my programming skills with the intent of
>seeking gainful employment in either or both.
>
>Thanks for your time and I'm looking forward to meeting you all on the 21st.
>
>Have a great day!




-- 
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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