About Us
DevHood was created by six students at MIT who had nothing better to do than to create a developer’s community using .NET. Actually it was really more of a proof of concept for the 2001 MIT $50K Entrepreneurial Competition. We actually got into the semifinals with our alpha version of the site so that was pretty exciting. What’s even more exciting is that you are using it right now!
Below you can learn more about the creators and feel free to email them with any questions, or comments. |
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| Hometown: |
Macungie, PA |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering |
| Grad. Date: |
2002 |
| Role: |
Software Developer (Search, Tools, Tutorials, News) |
| Experience: |
Interned at Microsoft in the .NET Frameworks group over the summer working on features of the Gotdotnet site. |
| Interests: |
Enjoys playing volleyball and tennis in addition to indulging in fine spirits |
| Thoughts: |
"One thing I will always remember fondly is the amount of trash we generated in our halls during that month of coding, from takeout Chinese food boxes to bottles to pizza boxes to packets of soy sauce. Can we all just say ‘evebory here is pigs?’" |
| Hometown: |
New York, NY |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science |
| Grad. Date: |
2003 |
| Role: |
Software Developer (Source Viewing, Administration, Messaging) |
| Experience: |
Exposed to the Microsoft.NET technologies while building the DevHood website and has worked with ASP.NET and C# ever since. His experience also includes a summer internship with Microsoft working in the Common Language Runtime group. |
| Interests: |
Captain of the MIT Ultimate team |
| Thoughts: |
"Can you believe I have pictures of the DevHood icons hung up on my wall? Honest – I really do." |
| Hometown: |
Hong Kong |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Management |
| Grad. Date: |
2002 |
| Role: |
Program Manager |
| Experience: |
Spent a summer in the Office End User Productivity group as a Program Manager/Developer and is currently a Program Manager for a Microsoft-MIT initiative to build a framework for putting labs online. He has also spent time working at the Boston Consulting Group and Lehman Brothers. |
| Interests: |
Video games (bring on the XBox/GameCube), basketball, comics, anime, karaoke, canto-pop, watching movies |
| Thoughts: |
"I wish we made a site for video games and gave everyone an XBox. Well, actually just give me one." |
| Hometown: |
Houston, TX |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science |
| Grad. Date: |
2002 |
| Role: |
MyHood, Passport Integration, Database Architecture |
| Experience: |
Exposed to the Microsoft.NET technologies while building a Usenet discussion forum with Peter and through the DevHood website. His experience also includes two summer internships with Microsoft, one in Passport and one in IE. |
| Interests: |
Sports, movies, music, hanging out, bars, clubs, and cards (gambling of course). |
| Thoughts: |
"Yeah boy." |
| Hometown: |
Metarie, LA |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science |
| Grad. Date: |
2002 |
| Role: |
Lead Developer |
| Experience: |
Became interested in .NET started while taking a Web Services class at MIT in the Fall of 2000. There he had the opportunity to work with Rob Howard of the Microsoft ASP.NET team on a web based USENET news reader writing on pre-beta bits on ASP.NET and C#. His experience includes a summer internship with Microsoft working with the .NET Frameworks Team. |
| Interests: |
Enjoys playing pickup basketball at the MIT gym and eating at the Houston’s Steak Restaurant which sadly does not have a branch in Massachusetts. |
| Thoughts: |
"If I think of something, I'll update this." |
| Hometown: |
St. Louis, MO |
| School: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: |
Masters of Engineering, Computer Science |
| Grad. Date: |
2002 |
| Role: |
Ratings System, Graphics Guru |
| Experience: |
Coding all his life and he’s Japanese so he must be able to draw! |
| Interests: |
In his free time, he tries to do lots of things. This means he never has enough free time, but on the flip side, he rarely feels bored. Mainly, he hangs out with his girlfriend or has heated debates about random issues with his apartment-mates. Anything from the current political situation to--most recently--whether or not "weird" has a bad connotation. |
| Thoughts: |
"Probably my favorite parts about this entire Devhood adventure are the Saturday afternoons that we all sat around in the Next House dorm lounge trying to come up with good ideas. We'd order Quan's kitchen, trickle into the lounge and start discussing one crazy idea after another." |
Mission Statement
DevHood was created for all .NET developers as a place for reference, a place to share their knowledge, and a place to interact with their peers.
- Reference – Developers looking to complete a specific task should be able to find help easily and quickly without having to trudge through mountains of irrelevant information.
- Knowledge Sharing – Developers wanting to share their knowledge and experiences should be encouraged to do so and the process should be quick and painless.
- Interaction – DevHood should develop a sense of community among users, offering them an opportunity to give each other feedback and foster friendly competition.
To help us achieve these goals, we appreciate any feedback that you may have. |