Lee Friend is an IT Professional and lives in London, UK. His work has been in IT with job titles such as IT Support Officer and Web Developer. Lee is of English and Welsh heritage.
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I have been using the Web and Internet since 1994, when I was studying a Computer Science Degree (BSc) course at the University of East London (UEL) in Barking, East London, UK.
At an early age, I first started using technology around 3-4 years of age by visits to seaside Arcades and also playing on basic handheld video games systems. In the 1980's I was given an Atari 2600 and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where I learned programming in BASIC, plus playing a lot of video games. A few years later, Amstrad took over Sinclair and so I got a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128+2. My mid-teenage years I did get a Commodore Amiga, followed by my first PC, an Olivetti 386sx-16mhz. I started about the Web and Internet in 1994, hosting my first website on UEL's web server.
The early days of Home Computing, the Web and the Internet were big factors for me in deciding to work professionally in Computing. My first IT job was as a Junior IT Administrator back in 1996, administrating Windows NT, UNIX and Novell servers. My work lead me to mainly using and supporting Microsoft's software and O/S's. In 2000 I started working as a professional Web/Software Developer up until 2015 when I reverted back to IT Support roles.
My early IT job experiences, I was working in Investment Banking, Insurance, and Media. Recently, the IT jobs I have worked in have been with nonprofits.
Apart from IT, my Interests include music, guitar, food, travel, photography, walks, wildlife, skiing and watching football.
My wife Teresa Ling and I first met at UEL in 1995, we got married in 1998. Teresa is a Business Analyst.
