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 > > > > > >