Hi Michael,

I can't believe I typed "car degree" instead of cs degree on my phone. Must
have been auto-correct. I have the MLIS and two English degrees (BA and MA).

I'm the Assistant Director, IT for Kansas State University Libraries. I
manage the IT department at K-State, which consists of sysadmins,
developers, and desktop support specialists. I also build cool stuff
whenever possible. I started out writing web code on a larger scale as
Emerging Technologies Librarian at the University of New Mexico, and I've
stayed in library technology since then, moving upwards in responsibility.
I'm a full-stack developer. On the server-side I work mostly in PHP, which
has largely been a matter of exigence . . . I don't dislike PHP, but I like
Python better, and I'd enjoy having an excuse to get some more R exposure
as well. I've worked with a few different types of databases and data
layers. I've whipped up a number of relational databases from scratch, but
we're building a tool for a partner now that uses CouchDB for the model
layer. I've also built some pretty schwifty stuff that uses humble JSON for
the model layer. I've done a lot of transforming data, some munging, and a
ton of API whispering. I've done a little systems work, but it's not my
strong suit. Fortunately, I have two extremely talented sysadmins here in
IT to keep me from doing anything too boneheaded.

Let me know if you what other questions you have; I'm happy to answer them.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson*


*http://www.jasonbengtson.com/ <http://www.jasonbengtson.com/>*

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:24 PM, Michael Rios <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Jason:
>
> Awesome!! Where do you work?? How did you get there??
>
> Pretty much any other work related question you can think of.  Sorry, I
> feel a bit lost out here.
>
> Many thanks!!
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2018 7:01 PM, "Jason Bengtson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Sure do. A lot. Don't have a car degree, though.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2018, 5:58 PM Michael Rios <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello I hope you are all well!!
> > >
> > > My name is Michael I am a public librarian with the New York public
> > > library.
> > >
> > > I have been taking cs classes on and off for the last five years. I
> > greatly
> > > enjoy them but feel slightly split between two worlds.
> > >
> > > Are there many of us (librarians) who code?? If so please let me know
> if
> > > you mind having your brain picked.
> > >
> > > Many thanks!!
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
>