Programming Career History and Freelance Reviews

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July 23, 2025

16:08

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rswfire

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[0:01] So, in this video, I'm going to walk you

[0:03] through my early programming history.

[0:07] Before we get to what's on the screen

[0:09] here, I'm going to go back a lot

[0:10] further.

[0:16] So, I began programming in the sixth

[0:18] grade.

[0:20] This was in the 80s.

[0:24] My father owned a business and he got

[0:26] computers very early when they came out

[0:29] and I used to just break his all the

[0:31] time. So I learned

[0:34] just had a natural interest and affinity

[0:36] for it. Started with GW Basic.

[0:40] I built a program in that for my band

[0:42] teacher called Name My Note

[0:46] uh that she used with her students to

[0:47] help them learn notes on a scale.

[0:50] Next, I learned Pascale.

[0:54] That was a fun language to learn.

[0:57] I wrote Monopoly in it. I distribute

[0:59] that on a bulletin board system and got

[1:01] a cease and desist letter as a child.

[1:05] Wrote a bunch of batch tools.

[1:08] This is before I learned about Linux.

[1:12] I distributed those on BBS's.

[1:16] I used to read a lot of programming

[1:18] books. I used to just

[1:22] read them cover to cover.

[1:25] I used to write code on paper.

[1:29] I used to run entire systems in my head.

[1:31] I I could write code on paper and and

[1:34] just run the logic in my head. Just

[1:37] that's how I started building my first

[1:40] real project, the net wizard matrix

[1:42] server, which is one of the very first

[1:44] content management systems I ever

[1:45] created.

[1:48] Very passionate about it.

[1:50] The whole point behind that was so that

[1:52] I could give so I had a solid foundation

[1:55] for building projects on and a way to

[1:58] give my clients the ability to manage

[2:01] some of their own content so they didn't

[2:03] have to rely on me for as much.

[2:10] It had very advanced capabilities

[2:13] that

[2:16] to this day some content management

[2:18] systems have never implemented.

[2:24] And it lacked in many other ways because

[2:26] it was, you know, a a young project that

[2:29] I didn't maintain for more than a couple

[2:31] of years. But it could have grown into

[2:33] something pretty massive if I had kept

[2:35] with it. But I

[2:38] like everyone

[2:42] entered the job market and I did that

[2:44] through freelancing.

[2:47] I actually worked on a lot of different

[2:48] projects uh both on Guru and outside of

[2:51] the platform. So I had relationships

[2:54] with companies like Comcast. I used to

[2:56] write databases for them. Um I wrote a

[2:59] project called Tech Opsswite which

[3:02] they used in the field for their

[3:04] technicians. It was a scheduling system

[3:07] and a way to confirm that they actually

[3:10] got everything working at a house cuz it

[3:12] was an internet based system.

[3:18] I just worked on a lot of different

[3:20] projects over the years with you know

[3:22] the people that I would encounter in my

[3:24] life.

[3:25] Then when I moved on to guru which is

[3:27] what this here is

[3:30] I worked for 25 different

[3:33] employers on there for varying types of

[3:36] projects. So these could have been

[3:39] simple fixes. they just something was

[3:41] broken on their site and they needed

[3:43] someone to fix it for them real fast

[3:46] to

[3:48] scraping data. You know, that's kind of

[3:50] common. Uh it feel felt like back then.

[3:54] Um just and there is, you know, I I'm

[3:57] just going to say yes, there is an

[3:59] ethical line there. This is probably the

[4:01] closest I've ever gone to stepping over

[4:03] my own ethics because, you know, but I

[4:07] felt like it was always done in an

[4:08] ethical way. like we were we were you

[4:11] know scraping from from public sources.

[4:14] So I mean you know there's just some I

[4:17] just feel like if I'm going to put this

[4:19] on video I better just say that much. So

[4:22] um you know just lots of different kinds

[4:23] of projects using lots of different

[4:25] technologies. I've been using you know I

[4:27] know lots of languages and technologies

[4:29] and um I always maintain my own servers

[4:33] so I almost always had my own like

[4:35] environmental server somewhere.

[4:38] um

[4:40] uh to host people's projects,

[4:43] do lots of backend work,

[4:46] and

[4:48] the other projects that I talked about

[4:50] in my other videos um you know, grew out

[4:53] of

[4:55] uh a career in freelancing. So,

[4:59] when I wasn't working on those big

[5:00] projects, this is where I would come.

[5:02] how to come to guru and

[5:05] I feel like

[5:09] so one thing I was

[5:12] one of the I was the only individual in

[5:14] the top 10 in the programming category

[5:16] on guru at the time that I was super

[5:18] active on this thing and I was very

[5:20] proud of that cuz I mean as an

[5:21] individual to make it to that status

[5:25] you know that that feels like something

[5:27] worth sharing especially

[5:31] I mean I'm not bragging. It's not

[5:32] boasting. I just

[5:35] very proud of that.

[5:38] I know that my customers really

[5:39] appreciated the services I provide as

[5:41] these reviews show. And I thought for

[5:44] this video, that's basically what I'll

[5:46] do. I'll go through these reviews with

[5:47] you. We'll look at some of them and

[5:49] maybe I'll tell you a little bit about

[5:50] their projects. Um, another reason for

[5:53] doing it is because Guru has mostly

[5:57] um stagnated. There aren't a lot of

[6:00] projects on there anymore.

[6:03] Everyone is on Upwork. I don't have much

[6:04] of a reputation there.

[6:07] But you can't share links

[6:11] and your proposals to employers.

[6:15] So, I can't show them all the reviews

[6:16] that I have from all the work I've done

[6:18] in freelancing

[6:20] unless I come up with some creative way

[6:22] to do it. And here we are. So, um, just

[6:25] take you through some of these reviews

[6:27] here.

[6:32] So, just starting from the top here, the

[6:34] first one says, "Samuel is super smart

[6:36] and understands the task fast and gets

[6:38] it done right on the first time. Highly

[6:40] recommended." It's a nice review. Next

[6:43] one says, "Absolutely the most talented

[6:45] and capable guru I've worked with from

[6:47] this site and I've used it off and on

[6:48] for over seven years. You will not find

[6:51] a more thorough and creative programmer

[6:53] who possesses the intellect and ability

[6:55] necessary to manage smaller enterprise

[6:57] level jobs. If you have any hesitation

[6:59] on hiring this guru, feel free to

[7:01] contact me directly. Today, Enetwizard

[7:04] is the only guru I would recommend and

[7:05] endorse.

[7:07] My company named Enet Wizard

[7:08] Incorporated, and I started out doing

[7:11] database scraping with this client, but

[7:13] then ended up doing a whole lot of other

[7:15] things.

[7:17] Excellent. Met all expectations and

[7:19] more. deserved a bonus. Will definitely

[7:21] use again and recommend to others.

[7:24] Sadly, I don't remember this one.

[7:26] Excellent work. Highly skilled.

[7:27] Extremely knowledgeable. Will hire

[7:29] again.

[7:31] I

[7:33] remember that one either. Some of these

[7:35] were probably pretty small. I remember

[7:37] Darlow. Our website looked amazing on

[7:39] desktop computers and mobile devices,

[7:41] but it had some issues on tablets.

[7:44] Samuel acknowledged the problem, took

[7:45] ownership of it, spent several days

[7:47] fixing it, and did not charge us

[7:49] anything because he felt the fault was

[7:50] his own. That was very commendable of

[7:53] him and a rare quality. His advice and

[7:55] suggestions on how to improve the user

[7:57] experience of our website were all very

[7:59] brilliant, and he significantly

[8:00] discounted the cost to do make these

[8:03] enhancements just so it would be done to

[8:05] improve the conversion rate on your

[8:07] site. Samuel is an exceptional guru. I

[8:09] can't recommend him enough.

[8:12] He had a very interesting project that I

[8:14] built from scratch. So, he's actually

[8:16] got some other reviews on here.

[8:19] Um,

[8:22] I'm not going to read all of them

[8:23] because you can just pause the screen

[8:24] and read them. Uh, I think there's a

[8:26] couple in here though that I want to

[8:27] highlight. So, I remember Donald Gladi

[8:29] had this interesting um pet adoption

[8:32] service or

[8:34] I think that's not it wasn't an adoption

[8:37] service. He gave certificates for the

[8:40] type of dog you had. I don't know what

[8:42] that it was. He was very passionate

[8:44] about this and his website was broken

[8:48] and you know it was a very

[8:52] messy site. I fixed it for him and

[8:54] whenever you know he needed something I

[8:56] was there and he says Samuel White is

[8:59] easy to work with. He does ask a lot of

[9:01] questions and then solves my problems

[9:03] the very first time. He is fast and

[9:04] extremely proficient. trust this man. I

[9:08] don't know if that phone number works

[9:10] anymore. That's, you know, this is kind

[9:12] of ancient.

[9:14] Um,

[9:18] let's see what else we have in here.

[9:22] So, I think this might have been one of

[9:24] my first reviews. What a fine. Samuel's

[9:26] fluent in JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, CSS,

[9:29] Madright. In fact, everything I threw at

[9:31] him. Amazing speed and quality. Highly

[9:33] recommended. The reason I would

[9:35] highlight this one is because I remember

[9:36] working with him and he was coding

[9:40] himself

[9:42] and would just ask me to do certain

[9:45] tasks and I would do them for him and

[9:46] everything he threw at me I would just

[9:48] turn around for him and in an hour or

[9:50] two and you know that's kind of how that

[9:53] relationship started. It was

[9:57] very fast programmic excellent strategic

[10:00] thinker. I'm always sharing

[10:02] my my thoughts on the patterns that I

[10:05] see in a project and where I think it

[10:07] could go and you know just it's just how

[10:09] my mind works. I'm a systems thinker.

[10:14] I don't remember this one. Thank you for

[10:15] the professional service and quick

[10:17] response. Everything went much better

[10:19] than I thought possible. The PHP script

[10:21] works great and saves me a lot of

[10:23] frustration and time. So, I just wrote

[10:25] some script for this person. I don't

[10:27] know if like um these work. Oh, they do

[10:31] work. Okay. You know, I I wasn't sure.

[10:35] My website is on a Linux server and I

[10:37] need to get a secure script that will

[10:38] allow customers to request a printed

[10:40] catalog. Oh, so I just made him some

[10:42] kind of contact form basically. That

[10:44] would have been easy.

[10:46] Um let's see what else we got in here.

[10:52] Lots of people like to, you know,

[10:54] comment about my speed.

[11:00] This was a very complicated project.

[11:02] This one involved um

[11:06] um

[11:08] a studio that took the portraits of high

[11:11] school students and they and it was a

[11:14] schedule for that was, you know, we had

[11:16] an admin for it and um I actually went

[11:19] down and visited that company when I

[11:22] worked with them. Um, they were in

[11:24] Florida and I drove down there and met

[11:28] them in person and that was a nice

[11:30] relationship.

[11:35] So, I don't remember this one.

[11:43] He had a pretty good idea of what he

[11:44] wanted done, right?

[11:47] Um,

[11:49] but looks like he was happy. I was

[11:51] incredibly impressed with Mr. White's

[11:53] handling of my project. He was very

[11:55] professional. Communication was awesome.

[11:57] Completion of the programming was swift

[11:59] and the final product is doing exactly

[12:01] what I wanted it to do and a little

[12:02] more. Oh, I do remember this. So, yeah,

[12:06] he was doing some kind of tracking like

[12:07] he had a bunch of their little websites

[12:09] that were like landing pages for

[12:11] services that he was offering and they

[12:14] had affiliate um marketing. like he

[12:19] uh others

[12:21] could market his products and so he had

[12:23] to track those affiliates and this was

[12:26] all about cookies and stuff. Yeah, I

[12:28] remember him actually.

[12:30] Um let's see. Robert Sam White work was

[12:32] superb in all facets of this project.

[12:34] His knowledge and technical skill

[12:36] concerning databases is greater than

[12:37] anyone with whom I have ever worked. He

[12:40] completed the project much faster than I

[12:42] expected and even discounted his fee.

[12:44] Moreover, his communication and concern

[12:46] for meeting my needs continues. While

[12:49] after completing his work, he remains

[12:50] open to answering questions and helping

[12:52] me adjust my database. Could not have

[12:54] asked for a more reliable or skilled

[12:56] partner in this project and hope to work

[12:57] with Samuel in the future. So, this was

[13:00] a Microsoft Access database. I've

[13:02] written a bunch of those. I really

[13:04] enjoyed working in that. Um,

[13:08] it's really uncommon to find one now.

[13:10] Even the tech opite actually there was

[13:12] an access version of that. I completely

[13:15] blanked on that for a minute there, but

[13:17] we didn't just have the internet

[13:18] version. We also had an access database

[13:20] version. Um,

[13:23] but I did a whole bunch of stuff in

[13:25] that. I I I really enjoyed working in

[13:27] that environment and um I felt like my

[13:30] design skills were better there. I just

[13:32] I truly loved working in Access. It's

[13:34] just not really a thing anymore.

[13:37] So, this one, Samuel was a pleasure to

[13:39] work with. He responded to all

[13:40] communication quickly, demonstrated his

[13:42] vast knowledge and programming and

[13:44] completed project on time, leaving the

[13:45] door wide open for follow-up questions

[13:47] and training on tools put in place. We

[13:49] look forward to and will award Samuel

[13:51] future projects.

[13:53] So, you can see a pattern there. Um,

[13:59] I always try to be reasonable with my

[14:01] clients and I, you know, I'm very

[14:04] communicative and

[14:07] um, even after a transaction is done,

[14:09] you know, if you have questions about

[14:11] something, I'm definitely there to

[14:12] answer them. And, you know,

[14:17] this the same client as um, earlier.

[14:23] So I was done quicker than anticipated

[14:24] and had nothing to work with from the

[14:26] beginning. Extensive knowledge and was

[14:28] able to complete everything I requested.

[14:30] Oh, I remember this. So this was this

[14:34] was actually pretty cool. So

[14:37] this person

[14:40] bought and sold vehicles

[14:44] like a lot of them and he needed a

[14:47] platform where where he could list them,

[14:50] you know, for sale where people could

[14:51] look at them. I created created a site

[14:54] for that.

[14:59] This is one of my oldest clients who um

[15:02] I knew before Guru and he came on to

[15:05] Guru for future work that I did with him

[15:08] to help me start to build um a

[15:12] reputation on this site. So, it was just

[15:14] an old client that I had and I was

[15:17] always doing database work for him.

[15:23] So that takes us to the um the end of

[15:25] them. Mr. White has been on our team for

[15:27] only a short time, but he has already

[15:29] proven his value through a thoughtful

[15:31] critical analysis of our website. We

[15:33] look forward to a long productive

[15:34] working relationship.

[15:36] Um so that one actually didn't really

[15:38] pan out. I ended up doing a lot of other

[15:40] things.

[15:42] Um, but yeah, these are these are the

[15:44] reviews that I received on Guru and you

[15:47] know, I worked hard for them and I'm

[15:50] going to work just as hard for the ones

[15:51] that I'll get on up Upwork and hopefully

[15:57] hopefully I'm able to build um a new

[15:59] presence on there like I had on Guru.

[16:02] So, that's what this video is for. I

[16:05] hope you enjoyed it.

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Field State infrastructure building

Orientation toward platform transition

Summary

rswfire presents a comprehensive overview of his programming career, beginning with early programming in sixth grade in the 1980s using GW Basic and Pascal. He describes creating early projects including a music education program and a Monopoly game that resulted in a cease and desist letter. He details the development of his "net wizard matrix server," one of the first content management systems he created.

The transmission covers his freelance career, including work with major companies like Comcast on database and scheduling systems. He achieved top 10 status as an individual programmer on the Guru platform, working with 25 different employers on various projects ranging from simple fixes to data scraping and complex database work.

The majority of the transmission involves reading through client reviews from his Guru profile, highlighting specific projects including pet certification websites, portrait studio scheduling systems, affiliate marketing tracking, Microsoft Access databases, and vehicle listing platforms. He emphasizes his communication style, speed of delivery, and post-project support.

The video serves as a portfolio presentation intended for potential clients on Upwork, where he lacks the established reputation he built on Guru. He concludes by expressing hope to build a similar presence on the new platform.

Signal Analysis

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This transmission constructs a historical competence record as transitional infrastructure—bridging past technical mastery with future platform requirements. The signal operates as both evidence compilation and sovereign credential establishment, demonstrating pattern recognition across decades while positioning for institutional re-engagement on sovereign terms.

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