This person is currently certified at Master level. I also work in various free software projects, including some that i started myself, like Dia. I will be moving to the states, just like everyone else.
Work is good.
I've been doing a lot of research for the vector drawing program. It is fast, numerically stable and uses little memory, but the real brilliance lies in its simplicity and versality. Ahh, gotta implement this. They are template expression based and therefore totaly unreadable. There is none of the normal problems with temporary objects etc.