With a neverending sense of patience and a keen eye, Zhibin Huang is a programming wunderkind. On a neverending journey of learning new programming languages and developing cool Android apps, Zhibin stays ahead of the curve. His big secret to achieving programming guru status? He works with six browsers open--and over fifty tabs and windows running--on multiple environments. It's a good thing computer memory isn't a finite resource, right?

Here's his responses to quick-fire questions:

Why did you want to be a developer?

Because there isn't another career in which I can have as much fun as I do developing.

Were there any other subjects or career paths you considered?

When I was younger I wanted to be an Electrical Engineer, but I gave up because understanding the big picture of Electronic Principles that go into engineering was very difficult. Read: plays all day was more fun.

What got you into computers and technology in the first place?

The very first time I got into programming happened when I was eight and playing a game called Red Alert. I couldn’t win because my war budget would always run out. I happened to see my older cousin use FPE (Fix People Export 5.0 for DOS) to rig the game so there would always be “999,999” in funds. I stole the technique. A couple of years later, I learned that it is called modifying memory data via HEX editor.

How did you come to work at Radii?

Graduating from Seneca, I saw a job posting on their career link. Radii had an excellent website and I loved the work environment and the team members.

What do you like best about your job?

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What's your routine when you first get to work?

Update the timesheet tracking system and drink a liter or so of coffee.

What's one problem you are best at solving for your clients?

Whatever the problem is, my job is to solve it.

Any accomplishments you're proud of?

Various projects we’ve worked on for the ILPA. Read more about them here.

What advice would you give to someone interested in becoming a web developer?

Do not limit yourself. And learn whatever you don’t know yet.

What's the one item or app that you couldn't go a day without?
A good mouse.

What's one thing you've always wanted to do?

Get rid of wires! I’d love to go completely wireless—for everything.

What's your favourite way to spend a weekend?

Sleeping. Two days a week whether I need it or not.

Coffee, tea or water?

Coffee + 18% table cream. Tea with tea leaves in the afternoon.

Chrome, Firefox, IE or Opera?

Opera > Chrome > Firefox > IE 11

Most useful dev tool/app?

copy/paste > sudo > vim > notepad++

Favourite movie?

The Man from Earth (2007)

What's your hobbies?

Building computers without pre-considering the budget. Also, video gaming and jogging.

Any pet peeves?

Mouse?

Play any sports?

I enjoy jogging and playing games just for fun. I’m definitely not a professional in sports, unless programming counts. It burns 102 calories per hour.

Favourite code editor?

Vim = notepad++ > notepad (Run as administrator) > VS

That's it for this edition of Eye on Radii! Coming up will be an interview with another one of our development team members, Alex Ng. In the meantime, take a look at Our Work and check out which projects our Zhibin has worked on.