JamesThePersian - Moderator (beliefs, church, faith, Christianity, Christian)

[James the Persian]

I guess I ought to do one of these also (I'm not generally on at weekends, so this is the first opportunity I've had).

Name - James

Age - 30

Hometown - Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Religion - Orthodox Christianity

Interests - Theology and Church history(as if anyone didn't already know), languages, philosophy, writing (poetry and prose), cooking, gardening, science fiction.

Dislikes - Cricket, Ruby League, soap operas, badly researched revisionist history, misuse of grammar.

Hopefully most people already know me (and there's the interview thread if you want more in depth ideas about my beliefs). You can always PM me or post threads to ask me questions, too. I'll always try to answer as soon as I can.

I'm married with two children and, apart from my faith, they are by far the most important things in my life. I work in IT (I'm a C++ programmer and database designer/developer on VoIP software), although I trained, and worked for a while, as a psychologist.

I don't really know what else to say. If anyone has a question don't hesitate to ask.

James

[ChrisP]

You develop VoIP software? Third party Call Manager type stuff or do you design for one of the movers and shakers?

[James the Persian]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

You develop VoIP software? Third party Call Manager type stuff or do you design for one of the movers and shakers?

I wouldn't say movers and shakers exactly. We're doing alright but it's in the niche market of providing secure communications (i.e. pretty heavily encrypted, peer to peer rather than client server) systems to businesses. Most of our clients are in the UK and Europe at the moment and a lot of them are more interested in secure IM, email and collaboration tools than they are in just the simple VoIP (we do all that). I used to work in CRM and it looks as though my next project might be in integrating a CRM system into the current suite. Currently I'm spending most of my time on documentation, which is a complete bore.

James

[ChrisP]

Originally Posted by JamesThePersian

Currently I'm spending most of my time on documentation, which is a complete bore.

James

Sorry to hear that James. I'm not much on programming. Love to get my hands dirty, but definitely appreciate some of the tools people like you have produced. Very Very handy.

[James the Persian]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

Sorry to hear that James. I'm not much on programming. Love to get my hands dirty, but definitely appreciate some of the tools people like you have produced. Very Very handy.

I'm more into the database side myself (though I started out in C++ programming). I don't know exactly why, but I get more professional pride out of an elegant and streamlined database than I do out of writing code. Of course writing code is far more enjoyable than documenting it, especially when you're documenting someone else's code (which is what I'm lumbered with at the moment).

James

[ChrisP]

*makes cringing face* sorry to hear that. A streamlined database makes for a lot of happy people though rest easy in the knowledge

[Victor]

What made you leave psychology in practice?

[robtex]

James three questions:

1) What languages do you write or speak to some level of profiency?
2) Which philosophers have really had an impact on the way you think or have inspired you?
3) Do you post your poems and prose on the net anywhere?