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This page mostly exists to provide a place for my resume, but
I'll provide a bit of context as well. I got started with
UNIX as an undergraduate intern at "old" SCO in Santa Cruz, CA, initially doing
support and development work on PDP-11 installations, and later working on
Xenix on early PC's and on the Apple Lisa (much of this work
was drivers of various sorts). At some point I wanted
to do something different, so I went off to get a PhD in Cognitive
Science
(where I did a fair amount of
programming in C and Python, supporting my research as an
experimental psychologist). After doing academia for
10 years, I decided it wasn't what I really wanted to do, so
I went back to doing computer work, and got hired to do Linux
development work for high-end networking test equipment (so:
"embedded" Linux). My subsequent jobs have also been embedded
Linux, often (but not exclusively) on ARM processors. This
typically involves
bringing up Linux on
prototype hardware, as well as a lot of work at the kernel/user
interface, providing debugging support
and diagnostic tools for hardware engineers, and providing
API's (often hardware-related) and debugging support for
applications programmers. My most recent job (Zing/Dell) was
working with battery-powered consumer devices, which was a
new and interesting world.
However, working with Linux is similar whether it's on an embedded device or a server, so I don't want to be narrowly classified as a "Firmware Engineer" (though I've enjoyed working with hardware folks!).
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