Some people try to answer this by saying what they do. Well, I program computers. What kind? It doesn’t matter really. What kind of programs? Well, web, batch, interactive, Unix internals, device drivers, compilers, accounting, scientific, mathematical, networking, transaction processing, SQL, etc. What languages? Well, I suppose whatever is best for the situation — C, C++, shell scripting, Perl, PL/SQL, Java, PHP, HTML, XML, CSS, various 4GL’s, Basic, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, whatever gets the job done best. What databases do I like? Oracle is probably my favorite, but MySQL, SqlServer, and Sybase are nice, and perhaps Postgres, and DB2, Informix, and Ingres are databases I can work with, and they’re OK, too.
What else? I manage systems, networks, projects, people, perform systems architecture, software architecture, network architecture, work as an employee or as a consultant, whatever is necessary to make a company viable, if I can do it, and if I cannot, I’m happy to be resourceful and find someone who can.
Ok. That’s my career, but who am I? Who is Daniel J. Dick? Well, I’m a proud father of an awesome 15 year old daughter I love with all my heart — Michelle. I have the best wife a guy could be married to — Eileen. I’m 6′1″ tall, born in California, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, English, and perhaps a little French or German. I have two parents, one of each gender, a brother who is male and a sister who is female. I have a dog and a cat, oh, and a huge number of great in-laws — five brothers in law and five sisters in law — oh, yeah, my sister’s husband makes it six brothers in law. (My wife has a large family.) I have a niece named Chynasia…
Ok. Enough of the verbal home movies…who am I? Who is Daniel J. Dick? Well, hmmm. I have hobbies, photography, music, theology, math, physics, motorcycles and cars, and I used to ride a unicycle when I was younger. I play trombone and guitar and sing and my sister thinks I play every musical instrument, but I don’t think I even come close. But, I’ve tried many, and I tend to like them all. In fact, I tend to be curious about almost everything. As a kid I participated in honor bands and had planned to become a professional musician. However, I also took up engineering, minored in physics, majored in applied mathematics, and took first place one year and second place the other year I competed in my university’s mathematics competition. I’m not much into IQ scores, but I’ve been tested a few times with different kinds of tests with results ranging all the way from 110 to 190 or 200, but my general IQ is said to be around 144. The higher scores are for my logical and mechanical reasoning, pattern matching, and such, and the lower scores are related to auditory memory or memory by rote. In other words, I usually have to comprehend something deeply and model it in my mind in order to remember it, and then I can remember almost any small detail about it.
But, who is Daniel J. Dick? Who am I?
Why are you asking me? I was hoping you could tell me…
Actually, I’m a creation of God. But, so is everyone. I’m a believer in God? Well, so is Satan, but he doesn’t serve God. I’m a servant of God, a friend of God, a man who loves God, a man who appreciates the gift of life and salvation that came from God through Christ. Does that mean I hate gays and Jews and witches and people of other religions? That’s a dumb question, really, so why did you ask it? Of course I don’t hate people. How can you hate people and love the God who made them?
So, who is Daniel J. Dick? Who am I? I’m waiting…please tell me 
