Re: Why Pizzaguy? Why Your Username?
Pizza, err Mark ~ great thread!
My story. Well I have been a software engineer for what seems like a life time (really since the mid eighties). I have been involved in a field since it's infancy and somehow have become known around the world for what I do.
In any event I have been involved with integrating software systems several times over the years and it always seems that this industry is a small and incestuous world as I continually run into the same folks over and over. Throughout the course of my career I have always worn a suit and tie. I have quite a unique collection of Tasmanian Devil ties and have been quite well known for wearing them to business functions, especially when I have needed to be "aggressive" in negotiations.
For whatever reason I seem to come off as kind of a bulldog (not sure why as I am really a nice guy?). During negotiations in early 2000 I walked into a meeting with a new company and several people recognized me from previous encounters and said; "Oh Christ it's Mr. Taz!".
Well the name stuck and I'm known pretty much around the globe in my industry and on the net as "Mister Taz" or just "Taz".
That's my story; and really you don't want to cross me on it - LOL! 
Stay safe...
P.S. A couple of associates have browsed this site since 2008 when I joined and contacted me to ask if I was "MisterTaz". I guess if I wanted unanimity I should of used my real name - LOL !
Last edited by MisterTaz; Feb 18, 2011 at 01:20 AM.