Age

Ok, I guess I'll bite too. Age: 42 (born in 1962) First significant computer exposure was in '76 or '77 with my cousin's Altair 8800. Then spent a couple of summers in high school at university programs where I got to play with PDP-11s, some of the HP lab "calculators" and the Heathkit analog computer we all wish we had. While still in high school, I picked up a couple of 6800 based thingies. Went to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for BS in CS and EE. More fun with PDP-11s and a little with a VAX 11/780. This was my first exposure to UNIX. Then went to work for a telecom equipment compant first in engineering then in research. While in the research center, I did an MS in EE at Notre Dame. Next step was going back to school full-time at Purdue for a Ph.D. in CS (machine learning). After that I've taught at Rhodes College, worked for a telemetry company, an aftermarket automotive electronics company and now doing R&D at a logistics/shipping company and teaching part-time at University of Memphis. Brian L. Stuart