Programming is my life, my true passion. If I'm working on a program for long enough, I find myself dreaming about it when I try to sleep. I've had a long and confusing road in College, transferring schools twice. I left my first school because I wanted to pursue football, but I ended up getting the run around from a few shady athletic departments and it has cost me dearly in terms of transfer credits and money. I've put the past behind me and I'm focused on my career and what is in front of me in this life. It's been hard, but the one thing that keeps me going is my desire to work in the Game Programming industry. While the circumstances of my schooling may be holding me back in terms of time, I'm not letting them hold me back from learning everything I can about what I love to do. After all, most programmers are self-taught anyways. I'm currently honing my skills and putting a demo reel together so that I'm prepared to get the best job possible when I graduate in the Spring of 2010. My skill set is composed of C/C++, SDL, Java, Linux / UNIX, and BASH. I do almost all of my programming in C/C++. I've written code for various different personal projects through the years, namely a 2-D target shooting game with C++ and SDL, hangman with C++ (soon to be graphical), a set of C++ classes to interface with the WinRadio API for automated scanning of frequencies based on data files over a network connection, as well as a number of utilities to assist in my projects such as configuration file parsers and things of that nature. I'm currently working with a few friends at my University to create a Checkers game that I've thought up which tweaks various elements of game play in a fun way to put a classic game in a new light.