Introduction

It was a sleepless night that inspired me to blog this. UNIVERSE a.k.a PICK Basic/InforBasic. People might think it's a term used to define a galaxy, solar system and etc. At least 7 out of 10 person will thought of that, even IT professionals that have been working for years might not even heard about it. Well.. I cant really differentiate whether it's a database or a programming language. Based on my 7 years of experience, and to make things easier for myself, I assume UNIVERSE is a database and PICK is the programming language.
I started my career as a junior programmer. During my first interview session, I recalled, James asking me, "How long do you take to pick up a programming language?". I hesistated for a while and answered. "2 weeks". James looked surprised and smile. Maybe it's because of this answer, i was employed. Was given brief training during the first few days of the job. Maybe it's because i attended PASCAL programming classes during secondary school, I can easily pick up this programming language. Credits also goes to my first mentor - Anne Koay. She teached me alot, and i've learned alot from her.
Looking back from now, I knew why James smiled at me when I answered him. 2 weeks? Maybe his question is just to test the level of my confidence :) If a fresh graduate give me the same answer .. i will smiled just like James. Knowing UNIVERSE is a 2 weeks job, mastering it will take ages. I dare not said i'm an expert, instead.. i'm still exploring and at the same time learning until now. As days goes by i will post more and more information on UNIVERSE, be it for own references or for killing my time doing something meaningful :) More to come.. cheers.