Computer Skill Sets

PC & Mac hardware, installation, repair, troubleshooting, and networking
- Build and upgrade computers
- Installation and maintenance of operating systems and programs
  - PC: Windows, DOS, Linux (Ubuntu and others), BeOS, OS/2, and QNX
    - DOS and Linux/UNIX command-line interface (CLI)
  - Mac: “Classic” Mac OS, Mac OS X / macOS, BeOS, and Linux (Debian and YDL)
  - Chromebook: Chrome OS and Linux (Ubuntu and others)
  - iPhone: iOS
  - Kindle Fire: Android
  - Fire TV Stick: Android
- Malware, spyware, and virus removal
Advanced user of applications and services on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, and the Internet
eBook editing and production
Image editing, manipulating, and processing:
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop)
- GIMP
- ImageJ
- Pixelmator
- Others
Internet programs experience
- Web browsers
  - Chrome
  - Edge
  - FireFox
  - Internet Explorer
  - Safari
  - Others
- FTP clients
  - FileZilla
  - Others
- Blogging / Content Management System (CMS) software
  - MovableType
  - WordPress
  - Others
- Command-line programs
- Server software
  - FTP
  - SAMBA
  - Web
  - Others
- Website design
  - HTML
  - CSS
  - LAMP
    - Linux
    - Apache
    - PHP
    - MySQL
  - MediaWiki
  - WordPress
  - Others
Office / productivity programs experience
- Adobe Acrobat
- Apple Pages and Keynote
- Google Docs and Slides
- Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
- Microsoft Project
Science programs experience
- Chemistry
  - ACD Labs Chemistry Suite
  - Cambridge ChemOffice (ChemDraw, Chem3D, etc.)
- Data analysis
  - Excel
  - Igor Pro
  - Origin
  - PhotoChemCAD
  - RStudio
  - Others
- Image analysis
  - ImageJ
- Information & reference searching
  - ACS Journals Search
  - Crossfire Beilstein, now known as Reaxys
  - Google Patents
  - Google Scholar
  - SciFinder
  - U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  - Internet search engines
- Molecular modeling and computational chemistry
  - Gaussian
  - Spartan
  - Titan
Utility programs experience
- PCs
  - Anti-virus, malware, and spyware removal software
  - Others
- Macs
  - Disk Drill
  - DiskWarrior
  - OnyX
  - Others
Hardware component and peripherals experience
- Cases, power supplies (AT and ATX), fans, and external enclosures (Firewire, IDE, SCSI, and USB)
- CPUs, mainboards/motherboards, RAM, and video cards
- Interface/storage controllers: Firewire, PCI to IDE, SCSI, and USB
- Input devices: cameras, gamepads, joysticks, keyboards, mice/trackballs, microphones, pen/drawing tablets, and scanners (SCSI and USB)
- Modems and network interface cards: serial modems and PCMCIA, PCI, PCIe, and USB ethernet and wireless network adapters
- Output devices: monitors, printers, sound cards, and speakers
- Storage devices: floppy drives, hard disk drives (HDD – IDE, SATA, SCSI, and USB), solid state drives (SSD – M.2 and SATA), CD-ROM drives (IDE and SCSI), CD-RW recorders (IDE), DVD-ROM drives (IDE), DVD+/-RW recorders (Firewire, IDE, SATA, and USB), ZIP 100/250 drives (IDE and USB), and USB flash/thumb drives
Networking experience
- Wired and wireless network installation and maintenance
- Network configuration in a variety of operating systems: Linux, Mac, and Windows
- Network devices: EISA, ISA, PC Card, PCI, PCIe, and USB network interface adapters; hubs, print servers, routers, and switches; antennae; ethernet cables and connectors
- WEP and WPA/WPA2 security measures