One of the greatest things about working for a start-up is watching the company grow. Over the last year I’ve been a witness to the addition of every new employee on our staff. Each one of them brings something special to the mix and work hasn’t ever felt like ‘work.’ Our newest addition to the Apkudo team is Daniel “The Deej” Joyce, Engineer Extraordinaire.
We wanted to get to know Deej on a deep, spiritual level so we asked him 10 Questions (it was actually 11, but he refused to answer “Who Farted?!”). Here we go!
1) What made you want to be an engineer?
I got a TI-83 calculator in sixth grade and started messing around with TI-BASIC. That was my introduction to programming, and I just haven’t stopped since.
2) Favorite video game of all time.
I’m going to break the rules and pick three games here. They would be Megaman X through X3 on the SNES. Every once in a while I’ll play through each in a row. Those games never get old. I’m going to break the rules again and plug my favorite freeware game, Spelunky. I think everyone should play that game, its amazing.
3) What do you do for fun?
I write games (that I never finish). I also play the guitar and make music with real instruments and trackers (I’ve got a lot to learn about trackers).
4) You’re stranded on a deserted island. You can have one book, one movie, and watch one TV show for the rest of your life. What are they and why did you pick them?
I think I’d bring Don Quixote (it’s quite a long book). For a television show, I’d bring Star Trek: The Next Generation. I could watch every episode of that show again and again. Although, I have been meaning to watch The Wire… (I hear its good.) I could pick a classic cinema masterpiece here, but f**k it, I’d take Total Recall. Its got Arnold Schwarzenegger and it’s just a goofy sci-fi action movie that I could watch over and over again.
5) Marry/F**K/Kill: Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Gutenberg, Benjamin Franklin.
This is an easy question. I’d have to marry Ben Franklin because he seems like a fun guy (I’d just ignore his love of French women). I suppose I’d kill Leonardo simply because every picture I’ve ever seen of him depicts him as an old man. And then I guess I’ll f**k Gutenberg. Moveable type is pretty sexy…
6) Best advice you’ve ever gotten.
I cannot think of any good advice I’ve received in the last 23 years of my life. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t listen anyways.
7) Best compliment you’ve ever received.
“You’re not that ugly.”
8) What website could you not live without?
If I didn’t have Stack Overflow I couldn’t do my job (don’t tell anyone).
9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
I would want to be able to stop time. I could stop time and get a full night of sleep. I could stop time and have breakfast in the morning. I could stop time and flee from my enemies. The list goes on and on.
10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?
When people chew with their mouth open. I probably do it and don’t realize it, but it still irritates me.