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Carol McDonald

As a Java Technology Evangelist at Sun Microsystems, Carol McDonald has spoken at various conferences including JavaOne, Java University, Sun Tech Days, Sun Network, Sun Code Camps, JDJEdge, and JUGs including Machester, Boston, Maine, Cologne, FAA, Richmond, Memphis, D.C... Carol blogs about the latest technologies that she is speaking about at http://weblogs.java.net/blog/caroljmcdonald/. Before returning to Sun in 2007, Carol worked 2 1/2 yrs as an Architect on massive OLTP Spring/hibernate application to manage > 10 mill loans for the consumer credit division of a leading automoblile manufacturer and a leading bank. Before joining Sun the first time in 1999 Carol worked on Pharmaceutical Intranet applications for Roche in Switzerland, a Telecom Network Management Application for Digital (now HP) in France, a X.400 Email Server for IBM in Germany, and as a student intern for the National Security Agency. Carol holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee, a B.S. in Geology from Vanderbilt University, and is a Sun Certified Java Architect and Java Language Programmer. Carol is also Fluent in French and German.

 

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Working for Sun, Oh, the places I have been

Posted by caroljmcdonald on December 10, 2009 at 8:47 AM PST

Working for Sun, Oh, the places I have been

There was fun to be done,
There was Java versus .Net to be won.
There was butt to kick!
There was .com and startups making $$ really quick

I joined the high fliers
who soared to high heights and saw some great sights

How much can you win?
We were the best of the best, on top of all the rest.
then Bang-ups and Hang-ups did happen
How much can you lose?
We got all hung up in a prickle-ly perch.
and then all of a sudden we were left in a Lurch.

The EU took us
toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place
for people just waiting.
waiting around for a Yes or No
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

I made MY decision,
I decided not to stay
and I found another job
so, I will be on my way!

And the Tech Days gang will fly on.
But I'm not crying because it's over. I'm smiling because it happened.

Places I have been with Sun (some more than once):
Amsterdam, London, Paris, Nice, Antwerp, Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne, Athens, Budapest,  Dublin, Warsaw, Madrid, Barcelona, Istanbul, Israel, Johannesburg, Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, St.Petersburg, Hyderabad, Tokyo, Manila, Singapore, Taipei, Mexico city, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Austin, San Francisco, New York,  DC,  Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Manchester, Boston, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Charlotte, Memphis, Dallas,  Seattle and probably some I forgot. 

It's been really great working for Sun on and off for 8 yrs.
In my new job I will be working for http://availity.com/  Availity connects health care professionals with a smarter, online approach to electronic claims and other daily health plan transactions.

 

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Will miss your posts and tutorials

Carol, You have done a wonderful job of providing the "how-to" that is needed for all the clever things one can do on the Java platform. I will miss your content here on Java.net.

I wish the best for you

in your new job, your new song, your new old blog... stay around, don't hide.. we are so accostumed to have your among us that I can't imagine a java.net page without Carol ...
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