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Q: What position do you hold in CA?
A: I'm a Kernel, X/O of CAU and C/O of Advisors.
Q: What does that involve?
A: Well I have to hang around adtrace, asmodai and tulkas all day. :S I'll let you imagine what I go through each day. ;)
Q: Do you enjoy your position?
A: Sure do.
Q: What's the most interesting thing about your job?
A: Well, I get to actually make what people are using, :) The TC engine, the KB engine, the forums, etc...
Q:What technical skills do you have and how long did it take for you to learn them?
A: Well, I have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technologies from the University of Alberta. Yeah, so that took 3 years to get. :)
From CA I've learned mostly PHP coding (a lot) along with mysql, oh, and not to talk too much on forums. ;)
Q: What are your brigade's main goals for the future?
A: Well, right now, the main goal is getting the CAU Certifications ready.
We already have the Testing Center up on the CAU site for BETA Testing of the engine. http://testingcenter.cauniverstiy.org <-- check it out!
So yeah, most of our energy is focused around the website right now since most of our public resources will be on there.
Q: Could you tell us a little about yourself outside CA?
A: Yes, well, in RL I run my own IT Solutions business, and I've got my first baby on the way! w00t!
Q: What about your CA history?
A: Well, I started off like most people back then, doing the challenges. :) I've been here for pretty long; must be 2000 or something, joined with CAU when the brigades first went live and haven't left since. I was a LtKer at the time and oh what a pain that was (heh). Then I finally made it to Ker doing the challenge and I've been a Kernel since then. One day SHEPHERD (who was C/O of CAU at the time), got me to be on the CA staff, which was pretty cool, but that didn't last more than 2 months maybe. After a sad divergence of opinion with a former Staff member, I got kicked out. It's of course a little more complex than that but I won't go into details here. :)
Q: Do you have any ambitions within CA?
A: *cough* "socrat for CinC" *cough* Meh, seriously, I'd love to be some CA plumb0r or site admin. I'll have to learn my Perl though :| /me is thinking of making CA PHP / MySQL. :P
Q:Do you have any ambitions in real life?
A: Yeah, pretty much accomplished them now, though. I wanted a business that could provide for my family and I got that, I wanted a good gf and I got that, and I wanted some babies and I got one on the way... Life is treating me pretty good I must say.
Q: What do you do in your spare time, apart from CA that is?
A: Sports, Baby :) I love to go skydiving, snowboarding, rollerblading, seadooing :) It's just great!
Q: In your opinion, what would the best thing CA could do to improve?
Hmm, that's a hard one....... Well, one of the things CA has to do is find a way to improve member/Staff relations :) but that isn't a secret for anyone now is it? :) Once we all find a better system, one that won't separate Staff from members as much, I think it will help to at least get the members focusing on important things rather than just arguing all the time, etc...
Q: Have you got any funny stories you'd like to share with us?
A: Yeah, tulkas thinks perl ownz :| but i'm a php lover :) pop and php are too easy to mistake on the keyboard...
[19:12] <socrat> for mail
19:12] <SHEPHERD> pop?
[19:12] <tulkas> no, 'cause he's evil
[19:12] <[a]dtrace> thanks socrat
[19:13] <[a]dtrace> back in about 10
[19:13] <socrat> heh
[19:13] <socrat> no fucking php
[19:13] <socrat> pop *
[19:13] <socrat> dam
[19:13] <tulkas> hahahaha!
[19:13] <socrat> lol tulkas dont look at this
[19:13] <socrat> lmao
[19:13] <tulkas> you've been around me to much
[19:13] <tulkas> :P
[19:14] * tulkas saves quote
[19:14] <socrat> bitch
[19:14] <tulkas> :)
Q: We heard you are in Staff Training, how you think you will help the staff?
A: I am? Oh yeah, I am! ;) Well, it hasn't started yet. On Staff...well, I'm not really sure what they got in mind for me actually, but I'll gladly do anything they ask for. I want to be on Staff so that I'm closer to the thinkers :) I like to know what is going on and I love to participate, even if just a little bit, in decision making. And actually, I have a secret plan with snarkles about making CA all PHP :) But don't tell anyone...
Q: What are the new interesting happenings in CAU ?
A: Sorry, that's --> *******Classified********
Q: What would you say to all the CyberArmy members at this current stage?
A: Keep up the good work, one day we will make it! =)
Q: Anything you'd like to add?
A: Nah, I've said enough...
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