Audrey Foo

Audrey Foo
Senior Engineer

Secret, super hero power? Secret ninja

Briefly:

Committed to breaking barriers and debunking myths, Audrey's professional interests are fervently rooted in the open-source movement. This includes a love for Linux and a commitment to the continued growth and support of PHP and open-source technologies. With this mission in mind, she started a PHP users group which grew into the non-profit Vancouver PHP Users Association, and hosted a free series of beginner workshops at Free Geek, a non-profit re-use and recycling center.

Factoids:

Favorite thing about living in Vancouver?
Great diversity of food
Why Drupal?
Try something new, that has community support
Where/when did you first get online?
Around 1994, at that time I was big into arguing hot topics on IRC
Raincity staffer most likely to win at Jeopardy?
Dave Olson's been around the block the most, I think.
Favorite techie word/acronym?
PHP
Another profession would you like to try?
Stunt artist, but only for a very short period.
Favorite artistic era/movement?
French revolution, more political, but the art produced of the events is quite interesting
Co-worker who makes you laugh?
Francis
Your best tech skill?
Logical analysis
Country you want to visit that you've never been to?
Brazil
Where'd you go to school? Why?
McGill first, as Montreal is a completely unique and different place (Bachelor of Engineering). Simon Fraser University for a few months (pursuing a post-graduate certificate in Object Technology). This was a very practical, though misguided decision I later found out, as SFU does not guarantee to keep your transcripts for very long, so it is difficult to prove you ever attended or completed a certificate. Ah well money down the drain. C'est la vie.
Three words of advice to younger developers?
Push the boundaries
Blog
Raincity blog