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<p><img border="0" src="http://boost.sourceforge.net/photos/vesa_karvonen.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="100" height="133">If
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we are to believe MBTI tests, Vesa is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ">
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INTJ</a>. He has been like that probably since late 1978-1979, because,
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according to some sources, it takes 2-3 years to develop the basic temperament.
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Previously he saw himself mostly as a "builder of systems" and
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"applier of theoretical models", but nowadays he is beginning to see
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the "mastermind" aspect of his personality. As a
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"Free-Thinker", his mind hardly ever rests.</p>
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<p>Vesa enjoys healthy and sustainable ways of life. He is a vegetarian and likes
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cooking. Exercise is a daily part of his life - he needs to be in good shape in
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order to sit all day in work. He likes going to the gym, swimming, spinning,
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running, roller skating, etc... He also practices dancing.</p>
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<p>For the past years, he has been working in a small <a hreF="http://www.housemarque.com">
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company</a> that develops console games. His role is the development of
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software technology, such as class libraries, frameworks and tools, for making
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games. He doesn't see himself as a game or a graphics programmer, although he
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has been involved in quite a few such projects. For the past few years, most of
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his programming has been in C++, but recently he has also enjoyed writing some
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Ocaml.</p>
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<p>He likes buying technical books using the company credit card, but lately he
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hasn't had the time to read as much as he would like (hopefully this changes
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soon). He likes reading (a lot) computer science and software engineering, but
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also psychology, philosophy and various self-help books, because he knows that
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all the really hard problems are social - not technical. Fantasy is also close
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to his heart.</p>
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<p>Vesa is a bit ambivalent about his university studies. He is a self-educated
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programmer and has experience ranging from bit twiddling to generative
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programming and also leading of small teams. Like many of his close colleagues,
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he sees that the depth of computer science education, at least in Finland, is,
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frankly, insufficient. He'll probably complete his studies some day, because
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sadly most people respect authority by rank, title or publication far more than
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he does.</p>
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<p>Vesa is an eXtreme Programmer. He has found out that in order for pair
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programming to work, both pairs must share a similar level of experience and
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must be both willing and able to externalize their thoughts. If he is sometimes
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forced to stop refactoring, he'll probably quit his job. He thinks that
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optimization, including improving readability and simplifying structure, is the
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root of all fun in programming. He dislikes writing documentation and reports
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that are never read.</p>
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<p>One of his friends coerced him to use the image that you see on this page. The
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image was scanned from a rather worn out picture taken by an ex-girlfriend and
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is probably the only picture of Vesa having his natural smile. Vesa is neither
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married nor engaged, but just recently he met a very nice girl... While
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programming is interesting and fun, it is love that really makes him happy. ;)</p>
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