About Ninh Bui
Since I’m no longer a fan of verbosity ( there actually was a time when such a thing was considered to be cool ;)) , I’m affraid you’ll have to do with a concise version instead.
So, in a nushell, Ninh is…
- not a fan of verbosity.
- currently a huge fan of Ruby (follows somewhat from (1) and (6)).
- currently a huge fan of Rails (follows from (2) and (8)).
- well versed in a variety of languages and paradigms, e.g. Java, C#, Object Oriented Programming, Aspect Oriented Programming, Functional Programming and the list could potentially go on for a while, and more importantly, will continue to grow.
- a firm believer of the greater importance of comprehending a paradigm over comprehending a programming language.
- a Computer Science student at the University of Twente, currently finishing up his Bachelor of Science degree.
- writing a book with friend Hongli Lai on JavaScript 2 to be released by Apress.
- a retired contributor of the PHP open source project for several years.
- a believer of standards and that they are to be upheld.
- pragmatic, e.g. chooses semantics/conventions over configuration, and often reluctantly has to ignore (9) in order to get the job done.
- appreciative of fine arts, music and cinema e.g. Arctic Monkeys, Daft Punk, Tim Burton and the list could go on for ages.
- a part-time philanthropist ;-), who finds satisfaction in giving to the needy.
- going to be a computer science teacher some day, with some past experience in teaching high-school students.
- an experienced team-player who has worked as a software engineer and/or it-consultant on projects for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Nike, Essent, Unilever, MTV, and again, the list could go on for a while.
- co-founder (vennoot) of Phusion, soon to be known as `The Computer Science Company’ if all goes well.
- an Apple addict
- http://www.ninh.nl/