Get To Know The Team: Aaron

[4LP3RUZ1]

Who do you hate more? Your sister or your other sister

[Prasad007]

whats better?
this or that ?

[Aaron]

Who do you hate more? Your sister or your other sister

The youngest of the two.

whats better?
this or that ?

Depends on what it's referring to.

[Prasad007]

whats better?
this or that ?

Depends on what it's referring to.

im referring to either this or that

[Aaron]

im referring to either this or that

I know... And I meant that I like either this or that depending on the context.

[Prasad007]

okay lol i was intentionally messing around

[motumbo]

I'm really surprised at some of the young ages of the SMF staff around here.  I wonder how much different my life would be if the internet had come out when I was a little kid instead of a college student.

You kids are kind of lucky today that there are fast computers, a plethora of learning resources, and several free or inexpensive programming tools and languages.  It wasn't like that 10 years ago.  Things were much more expensive and harder to come by.  Now, half the code is written for you and all you've got to do is piece together a bunch of existing objects or functions.  I'll bet many of you have never had to deal with DOS.  Oh what a hassle that was. 

When I was 17 all we'd do is drink beer and smoke pot.  Computers weren't widely available as they are today.  You youth are lucky to be able to have a hobby that is interesting and adds a marketable skill. 

[Leipe Po]

I'm really surprised at some of the young ages of the SMF staff around here.  I wonder how much different my life would be if the internet had come out when I was a little kid instead of a college student.

You kids are kind of lucky today that there are fast computers, a plethora of learning resources, and several free or inexpensive programming tools and languages.  It wasn't like that 10 years ago.  Things were much more expensive and harder to come by.  Now, half the code is written for you and all you've got to do is piece together a bunch of existing objects or functions.  I'll bet many of you have never had to deal with DOS.  Oh what a hassle that was. 

When I was 17 all we'd do is drink beer and smoke pot.  Computers weren't widely available as they are today.  You youth are lucky to be able to have a hobby that is interesting and adds a marketable skill. 

well said
not too keen on the pot though

well my parents potty trained me!!!!

[Aaron]

The data in the first post was kind of outdated, so I updated it. I'm still open to questions, by the way.

[shadow82x]

What made you want to start developing for SMF?

[Gary]

Naggings from Compuart probably.


Anyway Aaron, what's your favourite episode of The Simpsons?

[Aaron]

What made you want to start developing for SMF?

I got very excited when Compuart unraveled his plans for SMF, and since I'm always looking for challenges, I was very eager to help.

Anyway Aaron, what's your favourite episode of The Simpsons?

Well, aside from the occasional scene, I haven't really seen much of The Simpsons, let alone remember an episode title. I guess it's just not my tv-genre.

[Gary]

Heh, I don't expect anyone to know episode names, I can get them all from "that episode where..."

Okay, how about Doctor Who? (I don't watch it, but heck, that doesn't stop me asking )


And since you're in the same country, did/do you and Compuart meet up for a drink and discuss stuff?

[Aaron]

Okay, how about Doctor Who? (I don't watch it, but heck, that doesn't stop me asking )

Of the revived series, that'd be 'Blink' by Steven Moffat. I've also watched about five series of the 'classic series', and of those I liked 'City of Death' by Douglas Adams best.

And since you're in the same country, did/do you and Compuart meet up for a drink and discuss stuff?

Oh, you bet we did.

[Fustrate]

If you could visit one state in the USA, which one would you go to?

In what (new) direction would you like to see SMF go in the next few years?

[Aaron]

If you could visit one state in the USA, which one would you go to?

Erm, I still haven't seen New York yet, so that'd be the state of New York, then.

In what (new) direction would you like to see SMF go in the next few years?

Nice one. As a developer, I'd like to see the code become more modular, i.e. separate model, view and controller better. As an end user, I'd like to see the features currently implemented become better, for example by having more AJAX where appropriate.

[Joshua Dickerson]

I'm really surprised at some of the young ages of the SMF staff around here.  I wonder how much different my life would be if the internet had come out when I was a little kid instead of a college student.

You kids are kind of lucky today that there are fast computers, a plethora of learning resources, and several free or inexpensive programming tools and languages.  It wasn't like that 10 years ago.  Things were much more expensive and harder to come by.  Now, half the code is written for you and all you've got to do is piece together a bunch of existing objects or functions.  I'll bet many of you have never had to deal with DOS.  Oh what a hassle that was. 

When I was 17 all we'd do is drink beer and smoke pot.  Computers weren't widely available as they are today.  You youth are lucky to be able to have a hobby that is interesting and adds a marketable skill. 

10 years ago I was starting to work on programming. The tools were available and in 1998, I am pretty sure computers were pretty well available. Perl and C were widely available and the tools to use them were as well. The internet was slow, but I could still connect. Remember it is 2008, not 1998.

If you could visit one state in the USA, which one would you go to?

Erm, I still haven't seen New York yet, so that'd be the state of New York, then.

Forget about the whole state. Upstate really doesn't have much that you won't see in any other part of the country. Jack can tell you. NYC is where you want to see and "seeing" that city is seeing more than most states have.

[Deaks]

aaron are you sad you werent on team for MOTM?

But I agree compu is a great guy and he helped me alot when I met him

[Dragooon]

What all computer languages do you know?
With what language did you begin programming?
If you were given a choice between PHP, RoR, ASP .NET, ASP Classic, Perl, Python and flash for web development, what'd you choose?

[Fustrate]

If you got married and (your wife, to be politically correct) had three children, what would the second one's name be? Assume it's a boy.