[socal-piggies] New to the list: An introduction

[Grig Gheorghiu]

Hi, Jathan, and welcome. Python in security work sounds very
interesting. Would you be interested in giving a 5 minute presentation
at the meeting this Thursday on some of the stuff you use Python for?

Grig

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM, jathan. <jathan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello SoCal Piggies!
>
> My name is Jathan McCollum. I moved to LA almost 3 years ago from the
> greater DC area to escape from the cold.
>
> The people I work with are all still on the east coast, and I mostly
> work from home, so my exposure to other highly technical people during
> the week is limited.  Being relatively new to the area, I only have a
> small group of techie friends, and sadly none of them are as technical
> as me. I know it probably sounds weird, but after a while of not
> having anyone to REALLY talk tech with, it starts getting pretty
> boring.
>
> So, I just got hair-brained idea the other day to search for a local
> Python users' group and found the SoCal Piggies!
>
> I have been working for AOL since 2000 as a security engineer and
> heavily rely on Python for much of my tedious, repetitive work. I am
> 100% self-taught (no college), so I have been working hard at becoming
> more professional and regimented in my coding style, especially when
> it comes to documentation. I use Python almost exclusively for all of
> my engineering projects at work, except for those few straggling
> pieces of Perl code I wrote years ago that I'm still afraid to go back
> and touch.
>
> I have a lot of experience working in a large-scale environment with a
> focus on consistency-checking, anomaly detection, and automation. I'm
> looking forward to what this year brings and I hope that I will be
> able to share and learn with you folks!
>
> Cheers!
>
> --
> jathan.
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>
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