Hi,
My name is Greg. I joined the list a while ago but am just now introducing myself. I think I waited because I don't feel I have much to contribute at this point. I am a network "engineer" for a University in the mid-west of the US. I somehow arrived in IT after majoring in music... kinda weird. So far I have been focusing on wired and wireless networking, mostly Cisco. I would like to transition out this line of work towards a software engineering discipline, if possible, or find a way to blend what I currently with more software engineering. I've been pursuing a Comp Sci degree to do this, and I figure this group would be good for me to gain some experience outside of my studies and workplace by jumping into an existing project, working with code from others, possibly collaborating with others, and hopefully contributing fixes.
I'm not a complete newbie with Linux. My main box is running nix, but I have to use Windows on a separate box to handle some of my day-to-day responsibilities.
As far as languages go, I can make things in C++ and Java, but I think I enjoy C++ more.
I don't quite know where I fit in this group, yet. My interests are in networking, systems development, and optimization (although I'm not sure what that entails, it sounds cool, though!). For now, most of those topics are out of reach for me. That said, I do want to get started somewhere and work my way towards them. Basically, I just want to start solving problems through coding, etc... if that makes sense.
Take care,
Greg