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Cecchi, Marco

Name:Marco Cecchi

Age: 38

Project: gLite

Position: Developer

Institution: INFN

Nationality: Italian

First computer: Commodore 64

1. What's your role within grid computing?
	Developer, designer

2. Why did you get in to grid?
	By chance

3. What did you study at university?
	Computer Science

4. What did you want to be at school?
	Physicist

5. What are the highlights of your job?
	Do what you like more for a living, dealing with cutting edge technology, dealing with complicated design issues and difficult problems.

6. What are the lowlights of your job?
	Too big organization and software lifecycle, wasting too much time in red tape, software delivery.

8. What are your goals for the next year?
	A WMS able to manage some 100/150 Kjob/day.

9. Would you encourage your children to get in to grid and IT?
	Yes I would.

10. What do you want to be when you grow up?
	I will never grow up :)


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