- Stay curious
- Keep learning
- Keep walking
- 1979 : Birth, why? Anyhow...
- 1989 : Introduction to computer via the game hangman. That day I realized 2 things :
- I love computers.
- I suck at spelling.
Till date it has remained the same... talk about consistency ;-)
- 1992 : Introduction to Dumb erminal, Dos, Wordstar, GWBasic and basic programming in gwbasic graphics. I proudly wrote 1000 lines of code to draw a plane and make it fly... yay!!
- 1994 : Got 100% in computers test at school and barely passed in languages and maths. The unbreakable bond of me loving computers developed. Plus being an introvert, I didn't have to talk to other school students and spent most of time in the computer lab. Win win!
- Late 1990s :
- Introduction to NT, Windows XP
- Introduction to dial up internet and annoying sound of modem negotiation :-) opened gateway to the world.
- First introduction to ICQ, started chatting with strangers around the globe.
- Introduction to TCP/IP networking - Was so excited to transfer a file the first time between 2 computers over windows share over a dialup!
- 2002 :
- MCSE, MCSA certifications.
- Introduction to Linux. LNA & LSA certification. Bye bye windows! Till date I use Linux everywhere, even for desktop, laptop, server, raspbery Pi, etc...
- Introduction to Cisco Routers, Switches, PIX firewall. Obtained CCNA, CCNP, Cisco Security Certification PIX.
- 2003 : First job - Tech support engineer I at outsource company for cisco systems in Gurugram, India.
- 2005 : Second job - Tech support engineer II at cisco systems in Sydney, Australia.
- 2006 : CCIE in Security # 17355. I'm an elite Yay!!!
- 2007 : Third job - Tech support engineer III (Tech lead) at cisco systems in San Jose, USA.
- 2012 : Fourth job - Tech support engineer III at cisco systems in Sydney, Australia.
- 2013 : Travel bug, travelled east coast of Australia on my motorcycle.
- 2014 : Started a company in Melbourne, Australia for Data management and software development jobworks.
- 2020 :
- COVID!!!!!
- Life has been good, time to pass on!
- Stuck in India, living with mum and dad is nice, but bored to death, how many recepies can we try? Tiktok sucks!
- What to do... what to do????
- PHP seems interesting. I always wanted to learn programming. Maybe covid has given me the opportunity I was looking for.
- Change mindset to positive. Read PHP manual, write code, read docs, online forums, stackoverflow, watch online vidoes.
- write code... write code... write code...
- Introduction to different frameworks, laravel, wordpress, Phalcon, wait what? PHP extension written in C. Love it!
- Start development of a new framework
using Phalcon... still writing... whenever I get a change. Single dev, what do you expect huh?
- 2021 : Travel bug, travelled south, central, north, west coast of Australia driving 30k Kms.
- 2023 : Customer duped me! Loss of finance and jobworks. Locked in India again, in a remote location, with my laptop and books! 2 options:
- See this event related to customer as a failure... or
- Is it an oppurtunity to learn more? Yes!
Write more code! Learn more! Read more! Happy life! ;-)
Time is valuable. If you feel this project has been helpful and it has saved your time worth a coffee or a beer...
If you would like to develop a PHP application that requires expert level programming. I am available for hire. Message me and we can discuss further.