I am 90% a programmer and 10% a DevOps guy.
That being said, I have some familiarity and experience with thee tools:
The day starts with reviewing others’ PRs. I leave detailed explanations and suggest solutions supported by screenshots, code suggestions, and external links.
I am a visual communicator, thanks to my artistic training. So, I frequently create diagrams, outlines, screenshots, videos, etc to illustrate a concern.
If I realize the lack of knowledge while reviewing a PR, instead of blaming, I contact them to share the missing knowledge.
If I realize lack of knowledge among the team, usually I don’t keep it as a secret to myself. I rather try to organize some sort of gathering to teach it to others. A series of lectures, coffee time talks, etc. Check the Recent Industry Experience section for some examples.
Not overselling it but these are some attributes that not everyone possesses:
Having learned and practiced web development from the very basics up, I love it all the way from HTML details, css tricks, javascript intricates to database query details, nginx configuration, and beyond.
I neither get lost in details nor overlook them in favor of the big picture. Rather, I seek the coherence across small all scales.
Besides being a developer, I have an eye for UI/UX thanks to my designer/artist background.
I tend to develop tools for streamlining repetitive tasks in both my professional and personal life, such as plugins, extensions or even complete web apps as needed. Check the Recnt Industry Experience section for some examples.
I often get called for challenging problems, and almost never decline. No matter what, I have earned an Olympiad medal in mathematics in the past.
A considerable portion of each day is spent learning or applying the learned material in personal side projects.
The holistic view that I bring from my architecture background can contribute to the big picture of the job. Literally, it helps to improve the architecture and boost maintainability.
Curiosity and creativity, usually lead me to exceptional solutions for complicated problems.
I am a tool creator, by nature. Historic records show that my contributions in this regard have improved the team’s performance. Check the Recnt Industry Experience section for some examples.
SaaS! Recently, I have been involved in two SaaS projects implemented in Ruby on Rails, Ember, CircleCI, Scrum, .... More details below:
Stage 2, a small startup in Gent, Belgium with a large number of users around the world.
Unit4, a large company with 4000 staff all around the world.
I have taken the initiative to organize, manage, invite guests, and deliver lectures as part of a series of weekly TechTalks aimed at sharing technical knowledge among the team, where I served as the weekly Ember lecturer. The lectures were recorded and archived for team’s future reference.
I have created several tools to assist the team’s daily work.
Redpencil, a small startup in Brussels with great ideas and talented founders!
ASA and Pendareh, two small sized animation studios where I worked as a technical artist. Also, pero-project collaborations with some architecture studios.
I have initiatively trained the team of engineers while working in an architecture studio. they learned an alternative tool that changed their day to day job, entirely.
