Did you know? For student’s starting on a 4 year technical course, half of what they learn in their first year will be outdated by their third year!
Technology is always moving, and I love keeping up to date with lots of different practises by putting my knowledge and skills to use in the real world. Here are just a few of the technical abilities I have picked up and built upon during both my time at university and outside of education. They contain knowledge on software, concepts, languages and practices;
- Microsoft Operating Systems (XP/Vista/7)
- Linux Operating Systems (Ubuntu)
- Microsoft Office (Word / Excel / Access / etc)
- MS Project / MS Visual Studio / MS Visio
- Macromedia Suite (DreamWeaver / Flash / Fireworks)
- Select SSADM Professional
- Adobe Photoshop / InDesign / Illustrator
- AutoDesk 3D Studio Max / Unreal Editor
- FileZilla / CuteFTP
- Data Flow Diagrams / Structure Tree Diagrams
- Basic Circuit Design
- Business modelling
- Promotional Design / Marketing Development
- Database Design / Software Design / Network Design
- System Analysis
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Mathematics
- Multiple modelling Techniques
- Printing techniques
- C++ / Objective-C
- Java / JavaScript
- HTML / CSS / PHP
- ActiveScript
- Binary / Octal / Hex
- SudoCode / Structured English
There are countless abilities which I believe I know which comes from a variety of sources. Weather it is self-taught, learnt from Youtube, a friend, colleague or university lecturer I hold the information and try to use it on a daily basis. Having been a strong computer user from a very early age has given me solid foundations to build upon with more complex areas.
If I don’t know how to do something, I firstly try logic to see if there is a simple solution. Failing that I research the problem using forums, advice and other resources eventually finding a solution which works. I will more often than not also blog about the problem, and more importantly how to solve it, so that people who have similar issues can hopefully resolve the issue too.
