[VPM] greetings and brief introduction

[Darren Duncan]

Hello Greg,

Welcome to the group and I look forward to meeting you on tuesday the 21st.

Also, as Peter said, VLUG is another interesting group; their next 
meeting is a week earlier, on tuesday the 14th.

-- Darren Duncan

At 9:44 AM -0700 6/7/05, 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!
>
>G