About Me
- Name: APC
- Location: London, United Kingdom
I'm a freelance Oracle practitioner, specializing in database design and development.
I studied history at university but didn't want to stay in academia. After my finals I read "Neuromancer" by William Gibson and decided to try computing. Those were the days when a history graduate with no relevant experience could get a job in IT. Luckily, I had an aptitude.
Since 1992 I have worked on Oracle database systems. Over that time I have worked as a data modeller, designer, developer and DBA. I have also undertaken assignments as a business analyst and a technical architect. If pushed, I would have to say I'm happiest writing PL/SQL programs. I am least happy when attempting to marry a normalised data model to the needs of an ORM tool.
I was made an Oracle ACE programme in 2003. In the same year I won the Oracle Magazine OTN Contributor of the Year award. I hit 100k rep on StackOverflow in 2017. I transcended to Oracle ACE Alumni status in 2019.
Also known as Arfur C.