DrScump

Location: Sunnyvale, CA (SF Bay Area) - ideal if you need "boots on the ground" in SV without paying full retail

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: C, Informix-4GL, UNIX/Linux, SQL, Database Systems, Bug Tracking Systems, Cross-Platform Development, COBOL, OS z/OS Mainframes, JCL, Bug Tracking Systems, Ticket Sales, eBay

Résumé/CV: Please request via email or LI

Email: alan.denney@gmail.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alandenney

Seasoned technology professional with 15+ years of deep technical experience seeking Customer Success/Support, Technical Support, or Solutions Engineering roles. I thrive at the intersection of complex technology and customer success.

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Remote: OK Onsite: OK Hybrid: OK

Willing to relocate: Yes

Past Roles: Customer Support / Service / Onsite Consulting, Programming, Voter Data Systems Development, Ticketing Systems and Sales

Technologies: UNIX/Linux, SQL, C, IBM Informix Servers and Tools (Informix-4GL, -SQL, Client SDK), Shell scripting, IBM Mainframe (OS,zOS), COBOL, OS JCL

Résumé/CV: Available on request

Email: al.d@gmx.us

I'm a former software engineer and technical lead (Informix, Lockheed Martin) with deep experience in UNIX systems, database tooling, and mission-critical application support. My past roles include software development, advanced technical support, and custom solution engineering for enterprise and defense environments.

I also founded and ran a successful online ticketing business (peaked at $460K/year), where I built and integrated systems across eBay, StubHub, and direct sales — experience that sharpened both my technical and sales acumen. (Building solid relationships with vendors and buyers mattered a lot more then.)

I'm seeking a position (FT or contract) in Customer Service and Support (mainly because that's where I offer the most unique value-added immediately) but am open to Development, Publications, or in whatever role has a need. particularly those roles that value pragmatic problem solving, old-school personal engagement, or breadth of experience and perspectives.

I can work locally (South Bay preferred if onsite) or remotely, contract or permanent, W4 or 1099. Note: I could be an ideal match if you want a full time Silicon Valley in-person presence without the typical upcharges.

Nothing there is called "Product Engineer". The only enumerated roles are:

Backend Engineer - Carrier Integrations Team

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Product Team

Yes.

No paywall on Seattle Times:

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-an-obscure-energy-...

The listing itself says "Hybrid Madison, Wisconsin", not Remote.

How the entire nation of Sweden switched from driving on the left side of the road (like UK, Japan, etc.) to driving on the right in a single day.

The latter position says "No longer accepting applications"

Is there a broader list of roles being hired for? Link?

Just a collection of affiliate links (tag=rorg-20)

The US has 'rediscovered' it through the tech companies.

It's only spoken of in the media positively in the context of newer tech companies.

My first programming job was at a defense contractor no doubt considered "stodgy" by the cool kids. Their newest office building was environmentally friendly (~70% naturally lit), and its cafeteria complex was large, well-managed and had both innovative and healthy options (e.g. a pay-by-the-ounce salad bar).

This was in 1983.

(Lost 47 years ago today.)

Published 85 years ago today.

I'm not familiar with that description. I worked as a 370 series (370/3033/308x/309x) OS/MVS computer operator in the 80s, before programming.

Aside from the physical encoding, note the conventions for IBM tape file sequence and labeling:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zvse/6.2?topic=SSB27H_6.2.0/fa2m...

You can bypass default label assumptions and label processing using JCL directives like BLP, NL, etc.

When I was in mainframe operations and at times ran the Production Control Center (triage), I rescued some systems from being rerun due to clobbered labels by altering JCL.

How would he know? This article is strictly about San Francisco companies.

you can exercise your first amendment rights within the halls of congress

Really? You can yell from the gallery? You can distribute whatever written matter you want to staffers and visitors?

Um, you do realize that you can't even enter the building without presenting photo ID and subjecting yourself and your possessions to search, right?

the lethality of guns was much less than it is today

That's ludicrous, simply given the state of 21st century medicine vs 18th century medicine with respect to treatment of gunshot wounds alone.

"The object's weight was 1 kilogram."

Leave it to NPR to not understand the difference between weight and mass

in most of the US it is illegal to build anything other than single-family homes

This is a flat lie.

developers would have to build parking

Where, once you've removed all the parking footprint that existed before? Do you have any idea how expensive it is to retrofit underground parking under an existing structure?

car-free neighborhoods

Are people in those neighborhoods willing to forgo the hundreds of vehicle trips a month that they will create via their Uber/Lyft/cab trips and Instacart, Amazon, Chewy, Doordash, and Uber Eats orders? Simply outsourcing those car trips to someone else, and leaving them nowhere to stop in the process, is a hypocritical pipe dream.

Do builders over there even know what bricks are?

Builders over here in earthquake country are constrained by earthquake and fire mitigation materials. Plus masonry isn't energy-efficient.

BTW, I highly recommend the PBS series "Home Diagnosis" for modern home building strategies and testing of insulation and airflow.

by 1971 it was probably present in a significant portion of us high schools.

That would surprise me. In 1979, right in Silicon Valley, the biggest high school district (East Side Union) had one computer in the entire district, housed at the largest school (Independence). It was a PDP 11/04 (IIRC).

Any schools that wanted to offer a BASIC programming class had to rely on Mark Sense cards submitted through daily intra-district courier runs.

Absolutely. I graduated with an Associate's degree from De Anza while already working in industry, then transferred to Cal State to complete my B.S. in C.S. I did it all while working and all without taking out a single student loan or any external (like family) support.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30892081

40+ points, posted less than 2 hours earlier

Paywalled.

It's not very helpful given that it doesn't distinguish between existing domains and available domains.

Because this isn't a political discussion forum. There are plenty of those.

The funniest part is actually specifying "Enter CTRL-F and type in (company name)". For what role would you hire where the applicant won't know how to do a search in a browser?