Do not take this page too seriously. I tried thinking about spoddy skills to put down on my CV and this is what came out (sort of). I wouldn't take this page as absolute, but I think it makes a good guide.
Below are listed technological things which I have experience. I have
rated them all from 1 meaning I know a little bit about them, to 10
meaning that I am a reasonable expert. I did try drawing up
definitions for all the levels in between but it didn't work out.
This is no way an exhaustive list, just the things I thought of at
the time.
| Technology | description | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Java | Modern Object Oriented programming language | 9 |
| Java Server Pages | A way of embeddeding java statements into webpages. | 1 |
| Java Servlets | A way of producing dynamic web content. It is like a java engine to sit inside the web server. Quite groovy because the server loads of the program once, and then each user accessing it runs as a different thread. | 7 |
| Informix Database | Another database management system. Recently taken over by IBM. | 2 |
| P-System | Operating system which was around about 15 years ago, precursor to Windows NT and java. This is how I got into real computers. Now it is used in set top boxes for digital TV. | 4 |
| Denford Millcam Designer | Simple piece of CAM software used in UK Schools | 8 |
| Intel Proshare/Business Video Conferencing | Video and data conferencing software | 6 |
| Windows NT Server/Workstation | 7 | |
| html (and XHTML) | Document Markup Language. But also how to make websites which are browser independant, validate and are understood by search engines. | 6 |
| xml | Another (newer) more general document markup language | 1 |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets - separate style from content in html | 4 |
| Windows 95/98 | Desktop operating system | 9 |
| Perl | Scripting language | 3 |
| Php3/4 | Server Side scripting for the WWW | 5 |
| ASP | Server Side scripting for the WWW but made by MS for NT. | 2 |
| Access Database/SQL | Microsoft's Database system | 5 |
| The rest of MS Office | Word, Excel, Powerpoint | 5 |
| Lotus Wordpro | 7 | |
| Haskell | Functional programming language - think about programming on an entirely different level. | 3 |
| Novell Netware 3.11/3.12 | Network Server System | 4 |
| Debian Linux (including Samba) - as in setting up | Doing things like installing network cards, compiling the kernel, partitioning disks, building packages from source, running web and mailservers. | 7 |
| Unix - general use | Shell Commands etc | 7 |
| TCP/IP | Networking Protocol | 6 |
| Pascal | Programming Language | 5 |
| Stage Lighting | 3 | |
| Amateur Radio/Radio Communication in general | 4 | |
| Programming Pic16c84's | Programming little Microcontrollers, single chip computers | 4 |
| Setting up Office networks. | Fileservers, printservers, internet access, email access, user profiles etc | 8 |
| MySQL | Open source relational database system. | 2 |
| Cat 5 cabling/ethernet | Installing patch panels, network cabling, crimping on RJ45 connectors, ethernet topology etc. | 8 |
| Postscript | You may think of postscript as just a thing to send to the printer. It is actually a fully featured stack based programming language. | 2 |
| Latex | Is a great way to make nicely printed documents without spending weeks on the formatting. Good for technical reports. | 2 |
| SIP | Session Initiation protocol. Clever things for setting up Voice over IP connections. For establishing sessions between users (in multiple locations) rather than between computers. | 6 |
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page content last modified: 2003 Jun 17 23:20:28 UTC
overall page last modified: 2005 Dec 24 23:18:54 UTC
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