Doug Ross - Auto Bio

I live in Charlottesville Virginia, where it's 17° C and the sky is clear.

I've been around the Sun 41.134 times.

I have a daughter named Isabel.

I like writing code...

The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

In 1996 I got an A.A.S. in Electronics from PVCC.

I worked as a technician for Isotemp Research, troubleshooting high-stability crystal oscillators.

In 2002, I got a B.S. in Computer Science from the Engineering Department at the University of Virginia.

I learned about JavaScript, XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets while working for the CS Webteam on a UNIX server via the Bash shell. I discovered server-side scripting in PHP and Perl and began to explore MySQL database applications.

I did some work for the City of Hampton and picked up skills in ASP and SQL Server.

After that, I took a job with the UVA Psychology Department, working on Project Implicit, using Java and XML.

I started an Internet programming and consulting business called Ascii Rose and was hired by Fresh Brewed Media to build eCommerce websites with .NET.

Now I work with a fantastic team at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. I'm learning Ruby/Rails and AS3.

Current projects

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