Hi guys, I am an ASP.NET Web Designer working for a family owned company in Greenville, Pa.  I have done about 50 websites starting with classic ASP, and within the last year developing in .NET 2 and 3.5.  I work in VB, and am learning new things every day.  I have done web sites for our area, as well as companies in St. Louis.  I am still a n00b, but I can offer some insight into .NET.

Anyone feel free to hit me up if you need anything.

I just found this message board.... are you still needing graphics? Let me know, I may be able to help. -Mandy

I am designing a website for a entertainer. I am looking for graphics of the sword excalibur or something like it. I can't find any and I am not a graphic artist. Can anyone help me? Thanks.. G

Hi...I am Nancy and new to this site. I am having my consultation with the doctor at the end of July. I was a programmer for 14 years and then went into IT Project Manager. I started with Cobol - IMS DB2, etc. Then did Cool:Gen - a CASE tool that compiles to many different languages. I then moved on to Web Development and did VB, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, ADO, SSG, XML, OO Programming, a little bit of .Net. Now I run projects where all of these technologies are used. I also run a few web sites for some small businesses in my town and used to run a fan site. The Web is what I do for a creative outlet. I love to work with PhotoShop and Paint Shop Pro. It's like crayons for grown-ups. It is nice to meet other "speakers of the geek talk"...LOL! Nancy

Thanks everyone.

It's good to hear that there are still some true geeks like me out there To answer some of your questions so far... I started programming when I was six on the Apple computer and had my first programming job in high school. It didn't last long because they could not afford to keep paying for my services so I moved on to flipping burgers. I did not reenter the programming world until the late 90's. I did some VB work to keep some food on the table and did a lot of ASP and static HTML. Right now I am working mostly in C# and VB.NET. I had a gig a year ago writing an ActiveX control in VB 6 (it was a weather control that interpreted MNG format radar data). It's been mostly .NET since dec 2001. Prior to this I was a C++ programmer also doing VB and Java on the side to keep busy. I used to want to make games until I heard how poorly the game developers get treated so I opted out for that one. Now I just focus on my Frameworks and other business end related stuff - plus I started a blog where I dump my thoughts on programming. You can check it out at blogs.magenic.com/chaset - there are some other blogs from our other consultants as well that you may enjoy. I do work from home sometimes, but mostly I go to the client site because I am also a mentor in C# and VB.NET so I don't get to stay home as often as I would like (plus the drive is a real killer - 1 1/2 hours one way for most of the clients I have had in the last year and a half). I am not a contract employee I am full time with a consulting company (http://www.magenic.com). They are the best company I have ever worked for, they treat all their employees very well and our insurance is great. It completely covered my surgery. We had one other consultant at our company out of the Minneapolis office who had a RNY. I went with the VBG but sometimes wonder if it was the right choice (time will tell). If you guys (or any other geeks out there) ever want to shoot the techno-breeze or share ideas drop me an email. I am always willing to learn something new or help out with a problem. Sounds like Adam has been at this as long as I have and likes the bare metal as much as I do - what about you Laura? When did you get bit by the geek bug? Cheers! Chase Thomas

Sure... you email the picture to 'photos@ObesityHelp.com' to get that added to your profile. It is not something you can upload yourself to the site... they have to add it. It takes a couple weeks. I sent mine last week and it is still not done - they have a backlog. However, the sooner you send it - the sooner it is up there. Laura

Ok, I figured I try here for some help. I've noticed that in a lot of peoples posts they are able to include a small picture of themselves. Can someone tell me how to do that?

Hi Shannon I also like to develop web pages. I would like to do my own for this board, but can not figure out where I would enter the html codes to create my page. Thanks Starr

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