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#690

I’m a native Texan - currently living in Irving, Texas (Dallas). I’m more interested in being interested instead of interesting. :grinning:

I’m a computer ‘geek’ and have worked for several major corporations, including Conoco, Inc., Sprint, Communications Engineering Corp., Atlantis Trading Corp., The Immediate Resource, and others and have performed a wide variety of technical and management positions in the Telecommunications, Computer and Internet Technology industries.
I currently use GNU/Linux computer systems for most of my desktop and ‘server’ computers.
I’ve done quite a bit of Windows Server and Active Directory administration but I’m more of a Free Open Source Software advocate and developer, systems manager, and administrator. My favourite Linux distribution is Linux Mint, based on Ubuntu Linux.
I’ve also taught Middle School at Oak Crest private school in Carrollton, Texas and have completed advanced teaching courses with an organization called Applied Scholastics.
I have an Associates Degree in Electronics and an FCC Radiotelephone General Class License.

I also like to play Japanese Go, an ancient Oriental board game, at the Dallas Go Club every Thursday evening.

I’m an active proponent of human rights issues and also interested in teaching and education. I’m an avid reader and lifelong student - a perpetual neophyte (beginner). :slight_smile:

I got into cryptocurrencies last October and it has been a wonderful learning experience! I haven’t done much programming in recent years but now I’m getting back into it and moving through several courses. I’m interested in C++, Java, Javascript, Python, Perl, PHP, and Haskell. I’m actively trading on Binance and other exchanges and with my Exodus and Jaxx wallets. Right now I’m a little ‘in the red’ but I am confident that the market will be ‘going to the moon’ this year!

Oh, yeah, and I’m an Eagle Scout, BSA. In times past I’ve been into fishing and camping and hiking but age is catching up to me. :slight_smile:

I’m here to learn and apply what I learn and I’m very willing to help and be helped.

We have an opportunity here to help change the world for the better and I truly believe that depends on real education, not just ‘schooling’! It also depends on good communication and understanding, knowledge, and responsibility.

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#691

Hello all my name is Andrew, but round’ these parts people call me @doon. I feel blessed to be part of such a great community… this is what its all about!

I am very excited for the IvanOnTech blockchain programming course! I live in California and have been working as a professional software engineer since 2010. Started with C++ making apps for PC and consoles, and moved onto mobile development when that became the ‘hot’ field in software dev (currently iOS with Swift). Now with the recent blockchain boom and the immense versatility of what blockchain based applications can achieve, its now time to shift fields again! Exciting opportunities ahead!

I have been cultivating a new social app concept since 2016 which aims to mitigate many of the detrimental effects current mainstream social media enables. When ‘truly discovering’ blockchain and cryptocurrencies last year, I quickly realized that was the piece of the puzzle I was missing.

Now I am looking to incorporate both mobile and blockchain into an app that aims to bring people together and create lasting fellowships.

Lets get connected on Steemit or LinkedIn!
Steemit: https://steemit.com/@doon
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-j-marin/

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#692

Hi im from the Dominican Republic, i’m very interested in learning programing, i’ve never programed before. I hope i can learn very much from this course any tip or help will be highly welcome, also any thing that i can do to help it will be a pleasure.

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#693

Welcome! I completely agree that the implications of blockchain tech (and ideologies) can be used for groundbreaking and truly revolutionary initiatives. The age-old model of centralization is at an end… bring on democratic decentralization!

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#694

Hi… I am LCLIM… from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

I am freelancer or self employed. I doing the following

  1. Software - Accounting Software and It Staff-Networking
  2. Real Estate Negiotiator… (If any of you do come for malaysia… looking for to stay for some time… need
    to search house/condonimium you can call 60123706968

Check out my websites

www.pasarmalam2u.com
www.thinkmoney.com.my

I am programmer as well… i did some customised programming for customer mostly in DBase version
such Visual foxpro…

Some knowledge of C# and Javascript…

I very interested on blockchain… that why i come here to learn it out and join the community as well

Nice to know to you all.

Thank you.

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#695

Hey guys, 20 year old lad here. I’m aspiring to be a software developer through self taught. I dabbled in programming a year ago but I didn’t seriously start learning until February and been coding everyday since then. Short term goal is to get a job as a web developer by the end of 2018 and long term is to become a block-chain developer.

I’m still noobish and will ask questions and hopefully can help others if I can and definitely look forward to working together with you guys :)))

#696

Glad you’re here Christian! Both the tech and ideologies of blockchain have so much to offer the world. Now its on us people to make those a reality. Welcome!

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#697

Hi Im the real Scotoshi, IT Analyst for 10 years, then traded forex and futures full time for 7 years (unsuccessfully for first 3 years).

I opened the bitcoin can of worms 2 years ago and it’s stole all my attention and interest, i’d like to learn more and how to code, or at least gain a better understanding of blockchains, DAPPs and smart contracts

I have a few DAPP ideas i’d like to develop and im also interested in automating a few trading sequences i see, this is the start of a new journey into coding.

Best of luck everyone, we can do it

#698

Hi all. I’m Greg from Brooklyn. I’m looking forward to working with you!

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#699

Hi Guys,

This is Praveen (PK), i am a computer programmer. last year i got fascinated by blockchain and how it can solve many real world problems from the financials to Supply chain with its tamper proof properties. i also wrote couple of blogs for the beginners with inspiration from Ivan’s Blockchain fundamentals, i occasionally present at few meetups on blockchain. looking forward to connect with you all.

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#700

cool, like you I have little experience in coding and I can’t wait learn more

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#701

Hello, My Name is Daan

I have been interested in programming for some time, but never got down to rolling up my sleeves and actually start studying.

That time has finally come!

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#702

Hi,

I’m George from Nigeria. I am a Chartered Accountant with 15 (fifteen) years experience and tax Practitioner in Nigeria.
I am an IT enthusiast since I had job of accounting with overload work of SQL Server updater. I started getting thrilled and thrilled into the rabbit hole of IT and programming, blockchain, and crypto-currency in particular.

I was so thrilled until I followed lesson on how to build a miner which I did (I called it, ADAM) from scratch with 6 (six) AMD GPU still running though not as efficient as when it was first built, but consuming sufficient energy in my home. It was so satisfying to really build and create something. A ROBOT producing some value.

I did not stop there, I kept following the space, to learning and implementing masternodes on both windows and Linux VPS. I am not really doing this for wealth or to get rich but I am disturbed about how all these are possible without banking and financial Institutions intervention or Platforms. All my life as accounting practitioner, this is all I know and was taught not possible with banking/financial institutions.

Therefore, I foresee my job fading away in the near future but I was not really convince if this is for me.

I do a lot of self-thoughts of C# and web-design learning online until I came across this great young fellow called IVAN on his Youtube Channel in Late 2017.

Then, I finally took the RED :pill: to see how deep the :rabbit: hole goes.

And, I forgot to mention that I am science-friction movies lover with a great conviction that all these things I watch on movies are coming to reality soon.

I am so happy to be here with you, Blockchain Engineers. Hoping to see more of you

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#703

Hi there,
I’m excited to see how many people came to dig into this course. Hope we can learn a lot from each other and hope to see you guys and girls allong the way in the comment sections!

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#704

Hey guys, I’m Marc, a software developer from South Africa, passionate about technology and I’m super excited to learn more about blockchain development.

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#705

Hi everyone,
My name is Matej I am from Slovenia.
I learnt some of programing as hobby and I am ex-military.
Currently working as bodyguard and it is time that I learn more advanced programming.

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#706

Greetings fellow blockchain enthusiasts!

I am very impressed with everyone’s enthusiasm and backgrounds in this group and I am honoured to be a part of it. I have some programming experience but more recently I have been working on theories in computer science and am a bit rusty in programming. Regardless, I would like to offer helping anyone in this group. If you need help please message me or include my username in your post so that I get a notification with your question. I’m new to blockchain so I’m sure I will be asking a lot of questions as well.

Currently, I’m a professor of computer science in Toronto, Canada and would like to become a freelance blockchain developer or work for a company remotely in the area of smart contracts, which is related to my PhD in computational linguistics and natural language processing.

I’m very excited to be part of this community and I’m looking forward to meeting and learning from everyone.

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#707

Hi guys, I’m Elles, one of the few woman interested in blockchain and crypto. A have some knowledge of html and I like to create websites with Wordpress, but programming blockchain is something different entirely. I am really looking forward to learn this!
I really liked Ivan’s first course about blockchain technology and I’m looking forward to learning programming and trying to contribute to this new technology that -imo- will change our lives completely in the future. I’m from the Netherlands by the way, and really would like to meet other, likeminded, Dutch people.

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#708

Hi everyone, my name is Philippe. I live in Brussels and have followed bitcoin on and off since 2013.
I have studied programming long time ago but never did it in a work environment, so thanks to Ivan’s course, I hope this will be my chance to jump back on the bandwagon…
I have enjoyed watching Ivan channels on youtube for many months so I am quiet confident that Ivan’s course will be interesting to follow…
In my free time, I like Running, Nordic Walking and Cycling in nature.

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#709

Hello everyone,

My name is Marcin and I work as a web developer in Dublin, Ireland. Ever since I heard about “this bitcoin thing” I got hooked. I am amazed by how fast this space is growing: decentralized applications, smart contracts etc etc.

Ivan on Tech is one of my favourite youtube channel, therefore when I heard about the course I didn’t hesitate much.

Ivan, thanks for doing this!

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