Physicist by choice and training (experimental solid state, superconductivity and ultra low temperatures), a decade in fundamental academic research, then conversion into the real (?) world of IT, trying most of its trades, up to executive management. After Fortran on punch cards (oh so long ago), Cyber750, PDP11, basic on Apple II and others, now working in C++ and fighting with the migration to VS2012 and extensions of 15+y old programs.