About

Hi, my name is Chaz Lever. I’m a software engineer working out of Atlanta, GA. This basically means I spend my time designing and developing software for a living. From 2006-2007, I worked for small company, Obvient Strategies, developing business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. I’m currently employed by Global Payments, Inc (recently listed by Forbes as one of The 400 Best Big Companies) where I spend my time developing applications for the transaction processing industry.

Before moving to Atlanta, I attended Duke University where I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 2006. I’m a huge fan of Duke basketball and NCAA basketball in general. During college basketball season, you’ll be sure to find me wherever the Duke game is showing. Go Blue Devils!

So how’d I develop this whole computers and technology passion? It started back in middle school. I can remember playing Command & Conquer over dial-up (back before the whole online gaming thing became huge!) and being completely amazed. Ever since then, I’ve spent countless hours of free time working with and learning about computers. In high school, I assembled my first computer. Then I started modifying it and, before long, I’d wired it up with custom fan controls, added cold cathode lighting, and learned how to use a little thing called a Dremel. So, in short, I love programming, technology, and this little thing they call the “World Wide Web.” Heard of it?

I started Chazography during college to gain experience developing and maintaining a blog and to share my thoughts with the web at large. After a period of dormancy, I’m relaunching the site as a place to share my thoughts on programming and technology as well as a place to aggregate my online identities.

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