I've been working in Python for the better part of a decade, with projects ranging from simple number crunching to database restoration. I've already taught many people how to get started with Python, and I can teach anything from Hello World to writing a programming language with Python.

Mathematics was my minor in college. As a result, I learned quite a lot. Calculus is my bread and butter, but statistics and number theory are also strong subjects for me.

Like C, I learned C++ many years ago. Unlike C, I still use C++ regularly. A lot of newcomers to C++ get stuck trying to figure out templates, which is one area where I am very experienced, having worked on projects involving very esoteric template metaprogramming that requires a lot of knowledge about how templates can be used.

C was the first programming language I ever learned, nearly a decade ago. While I don't use it much lately, I still keep up to speed with its development, because I believe that having a strong familiarity with C helps programmers learn other languages better.

My interest in databases (specifically, RDBMSes) started in college. Before my first class, a database was just some magic black box that remembered things and could tell you things if you gave it the right magic words. Learning about them in college dispelled the magic and taught me that they're just another tool to use in systems development.

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Ryan R.

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Technical skills