From f92d061bc0eb0cc41879eb880212220220ea6892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Gerwitz Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 22:37:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] :resume: Update wording This is merely annual housekeeping; it is not in preparation for job hunting. ;) --- docs/about/resume.html | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/resume.html b/docs/about/resume.html index af67c5e..cea3f42 100644 --- a/docs/about/resume.html +++ b/docs/about/resume.html @@ -117,22 +117,21 @@

Summary

- I am a self-driven and passionate hacker with over seventeen years' - experience in various areas of software development. I am + I am a self-driven and passionate hacker with over eighteen years' + experience in various areas of software development. I am a free software activist with a focus on user privacy and security; a volunteer and maintainer for the GNU Project; and both author and - contribute to various free software projects. I am seeking a - challenging and innovative team of hackers that are also passionate - about their work and will take advantage of my wide range of - skills. A prospective employer must be willing to - use and write + contributor to various free software projects. I seek an + innovative team of hackers that are passionate about their work + and will challenge my wide range of skills. A prospective + employer must be willing to use and write free software, and be positive toward software freedom and the free software movement. I am also interested in academic/research settings as - both a hacker and an educator. + both a hacker and as an educator.

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R-T Specialty, LLC Buffalo (formerly LoVullo Associates, Inc.)
March 2009–Present
- Designs, develops, and maintains web applications, application - frameworks, server software, and compilers for domain-specific + Designs, develops, and maintains web applications; application + frameworks; server software; and compilers for domain-specific languages (DSLs) for an Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Agency. Most work involves developing complex online raters to provide - comparative insurance quotes, integrating and automating various - systems, and providing a suite of development tools and DSLs to - support those systems. Also responsible for developer training - and extensive knowledge transfer through design discussions, - documentation, peer programming, and code review. + comparative insurance quotes; integrating and automating various + systems; and providing a suite of development tools and DSLs to + support those systems. Holds a team lead role and is + responsible for developer training and knowledge transfer + through design discussions, documentation, peer programming, and + code review. Involved in every aspect of the development + process and many decisions regarding the technical direction of + the organization.
- Some code written for LoVullo Associates has + A number of projects written for my employer have been released as free - software, and I continue to liberate more. I drive this - effort almost exclusively. - (This effort has been put on hold—hopefully - temporarily—until a proper agreement can be reached with - R-T, who acquired LoVullo in April 2017.) + software. +
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Freelance Web Developer
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Projects

- Listed here are my own projects, - as well as projects to which I have contributed notably. - I have many miscellaneous playthings that are not listed here; - see my + Listed here are both my own projects and those to which I have + made notable contributions. + I have many miscellaneous projects and scripts that are not + listed here; see my Projects page for a full list. @@ -206,7 +235,7 @@ 5.5). Implementation details and rationale are documented extensively in the manual and comprehensive test cases. See - also Classifical Object-Oriented Programming with ECMAScript. Copyright has been assigned to the Free Software Foundation. @@ -527,12 +556,12 @@ Each item below is ordered by experience, descending. Languages actively used are those that I most often write projects in, either personally or at work. - Infrequent languages I have used to write or modify software, - but do not have intimate knowledge of. - Superscript indicates number of years experience, - which does not always correlate to proficiency. - Ranges indicate uncertainty due to periods of non-use. - Date, if present, indicates last year used. + Infrequent languages are those that I have used to write or + modify software, but do not have intimate knowledge + of. Superscript indicates number of years experience, which + does not always correlate to proficiency. Ranges indicate + uncertainty due to periods of non-use. Date, if present, + indicates last year used.

Languages—Actively Used
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Studies differ from interests in that the former are actively - or have been in the past researched, whereas the latter are + or have been in the past researched; whereas the latter are occasionally visited, but otherwise pending formal study.

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  • Team Building / Kaizen Culture
  • Kanban
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  • Lean/Agile/SCRUM/Other Methodologies
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  • Lean/Agile/Scrum/Other Methodologies
  • Office Environment
  • Psychology
  • Project Management