> - First name:
 
Alan
 
> - Last name:
 
Shutko
 
> - Email address:
 
REMOVED
 
> - Home page:
 
http://www.springies.com/~ats/
 
> - Phone number(s):
 
314-773-6611
 
> - Postal code:
 
63110
 
> - City:
 
St. Louis
 
> - Country:
 
USA
 
> - Organization(s) you work for or study at
>   (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
Express Scripts, Inc, Maryland Heights, MO
 
> - Fields of interest
>   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
>    medicine, bioinformatics):
 
Bioinformatics, home automation
 
> - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply
>   bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible).
 
Nope.
 
> - Have you developed or participated in the development of any
>   Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, if
possible.
 
Helped out some on SLIME
 
> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
 
> - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the
>   near future:
 
Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp
 
> - Lisp implementations you have used
>   (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
 
CMUCL, CLISP, Allegro Common Lisp
 
> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
>   in the near future:
 
CMUCL, CLISP
 
> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
Linux, WinXP
 
> - Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
1
 
> - Do you use Lisp:
>   - at work (if so, how much)
 
Yes.  Infrequently, but once or twice a month to generate code.
 
>   - for study (if so, how much)
 
No.
 
>   - as a hobby (if so, how much)
 
Yes.  Most of my personal coding is now CL.
 
> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
>   If not, why not?
 
Not using it as much at work as I'd like.  It's not an accepted
production language, so the most I can use it is to speed up other
development tasks.
 
> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
>   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
Current biggest obstacle for me is corporate acceptance.  My current
company very much has the drone programmer mindset and prefers
which are extremely popular.
 
> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
Yes.
 
> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
No.
 
> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
>   If so, where and how often?
>   If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
No, but I would be interested.