October 11, 2006 By 11 Comments

About Software Development in the Real World

Real World Blogs are about Passion! 

"Live every day with the passion you would live your last day, and with the freshness of your first day on earth!" – Miguel Angel Carrasco

Welcome to Software Development in the Real World – the blog that helps real world software developers by providing valuable, real-world insight into the latest in software development.

My name is Miguel Carrasco, software developer, architect, team leader, and software development evangelist. 

The Innocent Days

I’ve always loved software, and at a very young age became enthralled as to how this "software" was created.  I would go to the library with my mom, and disappear for hours reading BASIC books, Pascal, and Fortran.  Being only 8 years old at the time my mom must have wondered what I was doing with a stack of books taller than me, and more awkwardly enough, the fact that the books did not have any pictures, but instead taught programming languages.

The funniest part of that episode was that we didn’t have a computer.  Nor could we afford one at the time.  I would read the books cover to cover, and write my own programs on notebooks.  I started with algorithms, and later moved to programs, mostly text based games at the time. Who knew if they would work anyway.  Then my Uncle finally purchased a commodore 64.  Finally I could test my programs!  I would stay busy all week long writing my programs, and then, on Saturdays beg my parents to let me go to my uncles.  They assumed it was to play with my cousins, watch television, and eat junk food, however the reality was I wanted to try and type up my program and test it.

This actually taught me to program very well as I didn’t have much time on Saturdays, and had to have my "notebook" code (Hilroy recycled paper coiled notebook).  I learned quickly how to configure modems, tape drives (literally the tapes you had to press record on), and televisions. 

Microsoft Gold Partner in E-Commerce

In 2000, years passed and I saw myself working at ImagiNET Resources Corporation with Joel Semeniuk.  Joel was a great mentor and I had the opportunity to work on some really cool projects over my four year span with them.  As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, I had the opportunity to hold the roles of Instructor, Consultant, Web Developer, Software Developer, Trainer, Team Leader, and Designer.

Why Blog?

Why am I telling you all this?  The title of the blog of course.  Real World.  There are plenty of blogs out there and resources on software development, that is nothing new.  This blog is focused on real world examples, real world perceptions, and real world experiences.

This blog is dedicated to helping software developers learn the skills, share their own experiences, and promote the art of software development.

This blog is free even though it actually costs me money and time to run.  Why not cluttered with ads?  The main reason is I love to help other people, and this gives me a larger venue to share my knowledge and experience.  If you’d like to support what I do and if you’ve found this blog helpful I just ask that you consider adding Software Development in the Real World to your blog side bar or blogroll and let others know about the site.  Help spread the word so we can all learn together!

The “Real World” blog’s have been featured in:

Miguel Carrasco has also been on Future Tense National Radio Broadcast airing in over 100 National Radio Stations.

Please feel free to email: miguelcarrasco@gmail.com

Education Trail

I hope you enjoy Software Development in the Real World!

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  • http://www.dotnetwebtools.com Phil Morris

    Just wanted to let you know that the http://www.dotnetwebtools.com website has a couple of unique tools related to web deployment and website monitoring, as well as some very unique ASP.NET controls.

    BTW the form on your page dedicated to Visual Studio add-ins has a scripting error related to the comments box!

  • http://www.investorsgroup.com Terry Ciccarelli

    Hi Miguel,

    I was amazed that you had found voices.com and added it and the logo to your directory of web 2.0 sites. I was originally involved in setting up the site nearly 3 years ago (formerly interactivevoices.com ) with my son, David Ciccarelli. They are now operating out of the Research Park at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and have a staff of 4 on site and 2 off site. They have set a target of being in top 1000 at Alexa and are showing great growth in Alexa traffic and reach stats. All the best to you and Real World.

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    Hi Miguel, very deep blog i found you looking at “page not yet ranked” in google groups, From what i was able to read you have a tremendous amount of developer/programer experience, i have a websitelocalhands.com which is an online directory service for massage therapists, and i was wondering….
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    What services could you offer me, that would better my site?

    Sorry i had to put this request here i could find you contact info anywhere on your blog.

    Thanks,
    Maurice

  • Mathieu Bolle

    I have spent the morning looking for cheatsheets and came across your blog entry – oddly enough not well ranked by Google despite being so comprehensive. Anyway, a huge thanks for the summary. I am sure I will refer to your list again and again (already bookmarked it).

    b.t.w – there are a couple of other sources for really good free cheatsheets

    http://www.digilife.be
    http://www.explainth.at

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