About me
I spend most of my days trying to become smarter (or less ignorant), to improve myself, to create something useful, to help, to be free. I'm trying to achieve this with the help of technology and for a few years through programming and web development.
As a technology enthusiast, I crawl websites, tools, and software in an effort to expand my knowledge and skill base. Interested in cutting-edge technologies, love learning new things and upgrading myself with the technology, enjoy explore disruptive ideas and build stuff that solves real problems.
My journey through computer knowledge and development world is full of collisions with Windows, Linux (Debian based distros, CentOS, LAMP, various sysadmin functions, etc), MySQL databases, PHP, HTML, CSS (including frameworks like Bootstrap and Material Design for Bootestrap).
I am speaking Romanian (native), English -intermediate(speaking, reading), un peu de francais -debutant (écriture, lire), ein bisschen Deutsch -Anfänger (Schreiben, Lesen).
My Strengths
Fast learner
quickly research, understand and use unfamiliar software technologies, tools and languages
Pragmatic
able to make a value judgement about what is really important, values practical outcomes and getting the job done, avoids gold plating
Knowledge-hungry
I consider myself a full-time learner, willing to learn from others, always believes there is always much more to learn
Always 100%
can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths; if I am to do something, I go all the way
Flexible
adaptable, happy to take new directions, happy to work with new technologies, happy to try new things, happy to change priorities
Open-minded
willing to change my mind and see things from the perspective of someone else, values the intellect of others
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly I can!",
then get busy and find out how to do it.~ Theodore Roosevelt
Technical Skills
The majority of my professional work has been around troubleshooting Windows related issues.. I have also had in-depth involvement in small networks configuration and troubleshooting. Web development is a special interest as I get to make good use of my creative skills and so far is something that I tend to work on outside of my employment.
Desktop
- Computer assembling and maintenance
- Troubleshooting hardware and software problems
- Installing and configuring the peripherals, components and drivers
- Installing software and application to user standards
- Installing and configuring printers
Server
- Installing and configuring Windows Server 2012
- Configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook and freeware solutions
- Installing and configuring Linux Server
- Installing and configuring FTP/SSH/Samba Server in Linux Environment
- Virus Protection and Eradication
Network
- Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting of Networking Equipments: Routers and Switches
- Good understanding of OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SMTP, FTP, TFTP)
- IP addressing and subnetting, Routing concepts
- Switches: Basic Configuration and VLAN setup
- Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists
Web
- Solid Understanding of HTML5/CSS3, jQuery and Responsive Design
- Solid Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Code and Deploy Applications in a Cross-Platform, Cross-Browser Environment
- Familiar With Social Media and Third Party APIs
- Solid Understanding of Search Engine Optimization