Hello, I’m Jayson Knight, a software developer currently residing in Charlotte, NC. While I have lived here long enough to be considered a native Charlottean, I was actually born in Pasadena CA and therefore try to stay true to my Cali roots. Unfortunately I have yet to make it back out west since I moved here.
The projects I’ve worked on have run the full gamut, though my specialty lies mainly in the .Net platform and web application design with the majority of work being done in corporate information technology (IT) departments for medium to large companies. I’ve been working as an independent consultant while back in school working towards my undergraduate degree
I’m as passionate about music as I am about technology…so most of my spare time goes into either listening to music, playing drums, or (soon to be) getting into some production work of my own which is my ultimate dream. In what free time is left over after all of the above, I like playing with my dog (his name is Escher, and he’s a Whippet…here’s a photo of him if you’ve never heard of or seen a Whippet before; they are basically a medium sized Greyhound, but are indeed purebred dogs dating back to ancient times)…I adopted him in 2003 and he’s been a fantastic addition to my life. Unfortunately he passed away on February 12th 2010 of lymphoma. I’m also an avid skiier and tennis player when time permits, which unfortunately is never as much as I’d like.
Most recently in the summer of '08 I left the world of Corporate IT to
finish up my degree in Environmental Science with a minor in
Environmental Biology along with a special concentration in
Sustainability Science at Columbia University in the City of New York,
with an eye on Medical School and an Surgery residency program. Read this post
and this one for more information. While working towards his degree, I run a tiny
web consulting firm helping companies establish their web presence to pay the bills.