Java programmer. Amateur musician, harpsichord, good. Two kids, 9 and 11 years old as of writing.

He, him (Ole, sir, …).

My ambitions on Stack Overflow, prioritized:

1. Help you. Including help you get answers, help you improve your posts, help you find your way around through links including links to similar or related questions.
2. Teach the world better programming habits if only contributing minutely in this direction.
3. Learn.
4. Earn 100 000 reputation.
5. Earn the Illuminator badge. I read somewhere that it’s the rarest badge on Stack Overflow.

I am afraid that inexplicable downvotes are part of life on Stack Overflow. It has taken me a bit to learn just to take them as a curious spice. They don’t really hurt in the big picture. I certainly do appreciate if you’ll leave an explanation along with your vote. In particular suggestions for how I may improve my questions compared to the later ones I have contributed will be appreciated (at time of writing I have contributed 5 questions all of which have received downvotes).