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I am a Software Engineer that has formerly worked as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer as well as a Quality Assurance Manager. I have worked for small start-ups and huge mega-corporations, as a contractor and as an employee. I have done manual testing as well as automation. I currently develop a system that I used to test.

I also have a great deal of interest in finance and investing. I hope to write some articles on this topic although I plan on focusing on QA articles for now.

My passion is ...

Learning

I know too much about ...

quality assurance.

My parents always told me ...

not much, sorry Mom.

My childhood ambition ...

I have wanted to be a programmer ever since I saw the movie Wargames when I was a kid

Why I write ...

trying something new to spread my qa knowledge

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan / House / Ice Cube

My first job ...

McDonalds

My best moment ...

Birth of my daughter

My inspiration ...

Those that have been successful despite starting at a disadvantage

Computers & Technology > Spam & Email Scams How to fight spam

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Fighting Spam Possibly one of the greatest scourges of the Internet is unsolicited email, more commonly known as SPAM. Never before has it been so cheap and easy to pitch the latest magic potion or financial scheme to millions of people. The appeal of SPAM from the creators standpoint is that they need such a low percentage of people to respond to make it worth it that it is tough to run a bad SPAM campaign. People are fighting back though and I will tell you what some of the things you can do as a consumer or a businessperson to help stop the spread of SPAM. According to the FTC, "Open re...

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