User:Bobsd

Stuff

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 6 months and 17 days.

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ASQ CSQE

40 yrs software engineer ...

I am now, finally, retired ... congrats to me! June 4, 2021

Wikipedia Interests

Article Categories that I take interest in and try to improve:

Music and Composers

• Pipe Organs
• Reed Organs

Internet Technology

• Cable Modems

Global Improvements WP:MOS:

• MOS:1STOCC - When an abbreviation will be used in an article, first introduce it using the full expression:

Professional Interests

Software Engineering, Internet and Networking

I have been messing around with computers since the late 60's. My high school had a computer club with a telex connected to a mainframe at IIT ... and a whole lot of punched tape.

My first 20 years as a software engineer (formerly known as a "Programmer") was devoted to developing accounting and crop management software for the agricultural industry.

I spent the next 20 years developing and managing embedded software for DOCSIS Cable modems. I was an early contributor to the DOCSIS specs, and have a related patent.

My last 5 years was spent as a Software Quality Engineer at an Aeronautical Engineering firm.

Personal Interests

Music and Art

• I play the pipe organ and piano. I have also been known to torture the clarinet and french horn, and most recently the contrabass.
• I support community based music organizations and play in a few.
• Music Composition

Policy Summaries

• Wikipedia:COI
• Wikipedia:NOR
• Wikipedia:CITE
• Wikipedia:PILLARS
• Wikipedia:MOS