Doug Thomson
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COMPANY: MySpace UK
JOB TITLE: .Net Engineer
.Net Engineers (pronounced ‘Dot Net’), develop/modernise applications/features of the MySpace Web 2.0 social networking site. Interface with product personell and make suggestions for new products.
RELATED DEGREE:
- No Degree! Did Higher National Certificate in Microprocessors and Software
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Electronics apprenticeship at Varian Medical Systems, became worldwide specialist on Radiotherapy Imaging Equipment travelled to Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all over Europe to fix equipment. Moved to WAP startup company”Airserve” to setup their infrastructure..Moved to Telecomms company “Telewest/ntl:Telewest/Virgin Media” where I moved in to development, then moved to MySpace
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Knowledge of Object Oriented Software techniques. C# (pronounced ‘See Sharp’), ASP.Net, html/Javascript, AJAX, Good understanding of Software Design Patterns, Agile Methodology/Extreme Programming/Test Driven Development. SQL Server Stored Procedures/Queries and Database design.
BENEFITS OF THE JOB:
- Working for a cool company like MySpace. Whenever you tell someone you work for MySpace, the first word they say is “cool”.
- Being part of the creation of one of the largest web sites in the world (MySpace runs across 6000 servers and uses a bandwidth of 80GB/Second).
CAREER GOALS:
- To work in a MySpace office in another Country for a year.
- To get involved in the design/architecture of the MySpace platform.
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