Who is the Working Class Hacker?

Hello World! My name is Espen. I live in Norway with my wife and three kids. I was born in 1979, sold my first piece of software in 1989, got engaged in 2001, married in 2002, entered fatherhood in 2008, 2010 and 2013.

Through the course of my life I have worked on countless software projects, spanning a vast majority of languages and platforms

I got started out with a Commodore 64 that my older brother got in a trade. I was 6 years old at the time. And I would spend hours, days and weeks trying to learn as much as I could about that marvelous machine.

Then I had a tiny pause from computing for a couple of years, but then I got my first 486, a SX 25! Me and my mother bought that thing together using her Christmas bonus.

Ever since my first experience programming a computer, I have relentlessly kept going on my quest for all harvesting knowledge from as many corners of this wonderful world of software developemnt.

I plan on sharing my experiences on my blog, however I will need to finish the blogging system first...

So since you are Working Class, where do you work?

I currently work @ DNB ASA | NewTechLab

DNB is the largest financial service group in Norway.

I work as a Innovation Development Specialist which means I get to do to research on new and emerging technologies.

Hacker? Show me code...

Ok let's first clear up the "Hacker" term. When I say hacker, I mean it in the original sense, not the malicious "pirate / cracker/ ha}{0R / bring down the establishment" kind of way. I mean it as a tinkerer, fiddler, someone who needs to figure out how stuff works, and how you can use that knowledge to transcend into other uses and functionality.

Example: Larry Wall (creator of Perl) has a degree in Linguistics, because he was able to convince the university that computer programming qualifies as a language. His degree was the first linguistics degree in "Artificial Languages" I mean talk about hacking the system... You've gotta love that!

You may find some of my code dabblings on my GitHub.

So where can we reach you?

You may email me @ [email protected]

Personvern

Programvare utviklet av Espen Sande Larsen, under merkenavnet Working Class Hacker beskytter din integritet og vil ikke overlevere noen personlig informasjon som måtte erverves via programvaren til noen tredjepart. Informasjonen som samles benyttes kun til egen rapportering og vi samler ingen sensitive data. Applikasjoner som ikke har eksplisitte forespørsler om persondata, og ikke nevner det i applikasjonsbeskrivelsene som er tilgjengelige, samler ingen brukerdata og kan derfor brukes fritt uten noen frykt for at personvernet ikke blir ivaretatt.
Du skal føle deg trygg når du bruker vår programvare. Ta kontakt om du har noen spørsmål ift personvern.

Privacy Policy

Software developed by Espen Sande Larsen under the brand name "Working Class Hacker" protects your integrity and will never provide any third parties with your personal information, that is collected through our software. The information that is gathered by that software is strictly used for internal reporting and analysis. Software that does not explicitly state that it gathers information about you in the information provided in the application description prior to installation, does NOT gather ANY information about you or how you use our software, usage of this software is therefore safe from any fear regarding privacy.
You should feel safe using my software. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding privacy.