Mike Holownych's answers

The project that stands out the most was the opportunity to be involved in the testing of an up and coming mobile banking application. Having spent 6 months developing a java version of the application, we had one week to port it to .Net with full functionality. With Arun doing the coding and myself doing the bug testing, we managed to meet and even beat our given deadline....

At XOR Hosting, we were most like a family. We lived together, worked together, went out together. Although sometimes we did get on each other's nerves, we managed to get along really well at most times.

Arun Perreira, CTO and Owner, is one of the most brilliant network administrators and programmers that I have had the opportunity to work with. His extensive knowledge and capability at maintaining complex programs and BGP routes is astonishing.

The most challenging aspect of the job was being on call 24/7. Even when on personal time, I could be called in to troubleshoot or repair a connection or hardware issue.