Doug Ross - Auto Bio

I live in Charlottesville Virginia, where it's 18°C and the sky is cloudy.

I've been around the Sun 45.909 times.

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.

For a few years I ran cvillemovies.com. The site was created in the 90's by a UVA Philosophy student. I took over the project in 2003 and rebuilt everything in HTML 4.01 Strict with CSS, JavaScript, PHP and a MySQL Database. In 2006 it was voted "Best Local Website" by readers of the C-Ville Weekly. In 2009 I passed control of Cvillemovies to The Hook.

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

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