I've worked professionally with software research & development since 1990, and continue to enjoy
working with lots of different technologies to solve a problem. Here's an estimate of my actual experience:
| Hardware |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Intel x86 / Pentium |
14 |
4 |
2005 |
| Motherboard / chipset resources |
7 |
4 |
1997 |
| Networks / Modems / Internet |
7 |
4 |
1997 |
| Data Security and encryption |
7 |
4 |
2005 |
| Floppy disks (direct access) |
7 |
4 |
1997 |
| Trace-Mountain loaders |
5 |
3 |
1997 |
| Barcode readers and scanners |
5 |
3 |
1999 |
| Hardware debug boards |
3 |
3 |
1997 |
| Smart cards |
1 |
2 |
2000 |
| CD/DVD media (direct access) |
1 |
4 |
1997 |
| Operating Systems |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Operating systems (any) |
14 |
4 |
2005 |
| MS DOS, PCDOS, 4DOS |
14 |
3 |
2005 |
| MS Windows 3.x |
2 |
3 |
1997 |
| MS Windows 95 |
6 |
3 |
2005 |
| MS Windows 98 |
4 |
3 |
2005 |
| MS Windows NT |
4 |
3 |
2003 |
| MS Windows 2000 |
4 |
3 |
2005 |
| MS Windows XP |
2 |
3 |
2005 |
| MS Windows Server 2003 |
1 |
2 |
2004 |
| UNIX (Webservers) |
9 |
2 |
2005 |
| Linux (Red Hat, Umbuntu, SuSe) |
1 |
1 |
2004 |
| Software |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Microsoft Office |
10 |
5 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer |
6 |
4 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Internet Information Server |
5 |
3 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Exchange Server |
3 |
3 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
3 |
4 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Active Directory |
3 |
3 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Help Workshop |
6 |
3 |
2004 |
| Wise, InstallShield |
6 |
4 |
2005 |
| Tridion DialogServer |
1 |
4 |
2002 |
| Apache Web Server |
7 |
3 |
2005 |
| Programming languages and tools |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Assembler |
12 |
4 |
2002 |
| Borland Turbo Pascal |
4 |
4 |
1998 |
| Borland Delphi |
8 |
5 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Visual Basic |
9 |
5 |
2005 |
| C/C++ |
3 |
3 |
2005 |
| Windows Installer (MSI) |
3 |
5 |
2005 |
| XML, XSLT |
3 |
3 |
2005 |
| CScript, WScript |
5 |
4 |
2005 |
| Batch programming |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio.NET |
1 |
2 |
2005 |
| HTML / DHTML / XHTML og CSS |
8 |
4 |
2005 |
| VBScript/JavaScript |
6 |
3 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) |
6 |
4 |
2005 |
| Visual Basic for Applications (VbA) |
8 |
5 |
2005 |
| SUN Java SDK |
. |
2 |
2002 |
| Borland Kylix |
. |
2 |
2004 |
| Databases |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| ASCII / Custom Written databases |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Dbase / Paradox |
5 |
4 |
2000 |
| SQL |
9 |
3 |
2005 |
| Microsoft Access |
9 |
5 |
2005 |
| ODBC |
6 |
4 |
2004 |
| ADO, DAO |
5 |
4 |
2005 |
| Microsoft SQL Server |
5 |
3 |
2004 |
| Oracle |
1 |
3 |
2002 |
| Communication and networks |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Ethernet networks |
14 |
3 |
2005 |
| Software interfaces |
10 |
4 |
2005 |
| Internet, Email, VPN/VoIP |
10 |
4 |
2005 |
| TCP/IP networks |
8 |
3 |
2005 |
| FTP |
6 |
3 |
2005 |
| Instant Messengers |
4 |
3 |
2005 |
| XML exchanges |
4 |
3 |
2005 |
| E-Commerce API/interfaces |
4 |
4 |
2005 |
| Microsoft NetMeeting |
2 |
3 |
2002 |
| Special areas |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| Software Research & Development |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Software product development |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Documentation and helpfiles |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Security and encryption |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Optimizing and profiling |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Debugging, bughunting |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| Prototyping |
10 |
5 |
2005 |
| Windows API (16/32) |
10 |
5 |
2005 |
| Module and component development |
10 |
4 |
2005 |
| Project management and watchdog |
8 |
4 |
2005 |
| Impact analysis, business-analysis |
8 |
4 |
2005 |
| Office automation |
7 |
4 |
2005 |
| Business to Technology designs |
7 |
4 |
2005 |
| COM/DCOM, ActiveX development |
4 |
4 |
2004 |
| E-Commerce |
4 |
3 |
2005 |
| Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) |
4 |
3 |
1999 |
| Sectors and types |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| IT / Software Research & Development |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| B2B/B2C software products |
14 |
5 |
2005 |
| CRM / Customer relations management |
7 |
4 |
1999 |
| WCM / Content Management |
3 |
4 |
2005 |
| Financial departments and banks |
3 |
3 |
2001 |
| Levels |
Years exp. |
Level (1-5) |
Last use |
| New (played with the product) |
|
1 |
|
| Experienced (can work with simple projects) |
|
2 |
|
| Medium (Has a good overview) |
|
3 |
|
| High (Full overview, can analyse and design) |
|
4 |
|
| Expert (Knows the entire product) |
|
5 |
|
| Guru (Trainer / works with standardisations) |
|
6 |
|
