Jed Record

Jed is a Software Engineer, linux expert, and Red Hat Certified Systems Engineer.

I am always interested in hearing about new projects or positions designing cutting edge web leveraged applications. Feel free to contact me with any questions you have regarding any C#, perl, php or linux related project.

If you are coming here from a link within one of my open source software applications and you want to "share the love", click over to my wishlist page and go crazy.

Maybe you just came here to peek at my photos, peruse my blog.

What do I do?

Many people refer to me as a "computer guy", but what do I really do for a living?

I earn my living as a software developer, creating exciting new software applications that help people save time, make more money, or just have fun. Typically I use Visual Studio or Zend Studio to develop robust C# or PHP web-based applications with Microsoft SQL, MySQL or Postgres database server backends. Frequently I utilize my perl and unix shell experience to make quick and easy work of complex tasks. I quickly can turn unstructured text into meaningful data with XML, XHTML, CSS, regex, sed, awk, or any number of utilities or structured markup tools.

What is a software engineer?

Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software applications. Participates in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and at least 8-10 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May provide consultation on complex projects and is considered to be a specialist in his or her field. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. May report to an executive or a manager.

If the description above does not make sense to you and you still want to know what my job is, then just know that I write useful computer programs. I don't understand or care to know about the workings of a pc. I do not fix, repair, or install computers. I can't remove viruses from your computer. I don't use Microsoft Office: word, excel, powerpoint etc.. so please don't ask for help. I would love to discuss with you thoughts about the benefits and drawbacks of object oriented programming methods, but I don't care to talk about the most recent email you received that had a really funny picture, a joke, or worse yet, some sappy pass-it-on message.

computer programmer (software)

A person who designs the logic for and writes the lines of codes of a computer program. A programmer may also be considered a software engineer or software developer.

Where am I?

I live in Edenton, North Carolina. If you want to know just exactly what I am doing this minute, sneak a peek at my webcam and see if I am online, or take a look outside my office window at work. Someday in the future I could see myself living in south Florida... *dreams* :)

Developing new and unique software applications is a very rewarding job. The tools are constantly evolving and new software releases and operating system changes show up every day. It can sure keep you busy, but I honestly love it.