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- <p><img border="0" src="http://boost.sourceforge.net/photos/vesa_karvonen.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="100" height="133">If
- we are to believe MBTI tests, Vesa is an <a href="http://fuzzy.snakeden.org/intj/">
- INTJ</a>. He has been like that probably since late 1978-1979, because,
- according to some sources, it takes 2-3 years to develop the basic temperament.
- Previously he saw himself mostly as a "builder of systems" and
- "applier of theoretical models", but nowadays he is beginning to see
- the "mastermind" aspect of his personality. As a
- "Free-Thinker", his mind hardly ever rests.</p>
- <p>Vesa enjoys healthy and sustainable ways of life. He is a vegetarian and likes
- cooking. Exercise is a daily part of his life - he needs to be in good shape in
- order to sit all day in work. He likes going to the gym, swimming, spinning,
- running, roller skating, etc... He also practices dancing.</p>
- <p>For the past years, he has been working in a small <a hreF="http://www.housemarque.com">
- company</a> that develops console games. His role is the development of
- software technology, such as class libraries, frameworks and tools, for making
- games. He doesn't see himself as a game or a graphics programmer, although he
- has been involved in quite a few such projects. For the past few years, most of
- his programming has been in C++, but recently he has also enjoyed writing some
- Ocaml.</p>
- <p>He likes buying technical books using the company credit card, but lately he
- hasn't had the time to read as much as he would like (hopefully this changes
- soon). He likes reading (a lot) computer science and software engineering, but
- also psychology, philosophy and various self-help books, because he knows that
- all the really hard problems are social - not technical. Fantasy is also close
- to his heart.</p>
- <p>Vesa is a bit ambivalent about his university studies. He is a self-educated
- programmer and has experience ranging from bit twiddling to generative
- programming and also leading of small teams. Like many of his close colleagues,
- he sees that the depth of computer science education, at least in Finland, is,
- frankly, insufficient. He'll probably complete his studies some day, because
- sadly most people respect authority by rank, title or publication far more than
- he does.</p>
- <p>Vesa is an eXtreme Programmer. He has found out that in order for pair
- programming to work, both pairs must share a similar level of experience and
- must be both willing and able to externalize their thoughts. If he is sometimes
- forced to stop refactoring, he'll probably quit his job. He thinks that
- optimization, including improving readability and simplifying structure, is the
- root of all fun in programming. He dislikes writing documentation and reports
- that are never read.</p>
- <p>One of his friends coerced him to use the image that you see on this page. The
- image was scanned from a rather worn out picture taken by an ex-girlfriend and
- is probably the only picture of Vesa having his natural smile. Vesa is neither
- married nor engaged, but just recently he met a very nice girl... While
- programming is interesting and fun, it is love that really makes him happy. ;)</p>
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