Do You Want a Piece of My Mind?

"I have lost myself. Literally.

"Late last year, a neurological disorder (Hydrocephalus, for the medically inclined) robbed me of cognitive abilities and 27 years of memories, personality, and emotions.

"Skills can be re-learnt, and it's surprising how little of what we "are" is a skill, voluntary or involuntary. I have re-learnt the language I work in, and re-acquired the technical skills to re-align with my old profession of a technical wordsmith.

Mayank Sharma has written for Packt, Linux Pro Magazine, Linux Format, PCPlus, IBM Developerworks, and Linux Format --ed.

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