Vernon W.
- Houston, TX 77035 ( 31.1 mi )
- Experienced Linux Tutor
- Male Age 72
- Member since: 08/2012
- Will travel up to 15 miles
- Rates from $20 to $40 /hr
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In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Computer Programming, Python, Objective C, VB.net
My comments on tutoring Linux : Have used UNIX on Suns, HPs, IBMs, Macs for 20 years, some Linux, but it is functionally the same as UNIX, so knowing one is pretty much knowing the other; have written hundreds of UNIX shell scripts, plus numerous UNIX utililties in C and FORTRAN 90; have debugged software that ran on Suns and Linux, with bugs just on the Linix side (a little endian/big endian thing in bit mapped graphics)
I have over 30 years of experience in the oil industry, initially in quality control, but quickly promoted to programmer after writing some programs on my own time to help with the quality control. I have programmed professionally since 1979, using many different languages and operating systems, on many different kinds of hardward (mainframes, work stations, PC's, Macs). I have written a lot of software on my own, including many UNIX utilities (much improved versions of ls, grep, and diff, for example). I have written 2 powerful command line calculator programs, as well as some powerful mathematical graphics software, which I can use in tutoring. I used to tutor a lot when I was in college and for a while thereafter, was often told I was good at it, that I should be a teacher. I have been active on several Facebook math pages, where I have submitted and solved a number of math probl ... read more
