I'm a self-taught software developer and sysadmin from New York, currently based in Central Pennsylvania. I call myself a full-stack thaumaturge
because I have at least a little skill in the development of every part of an application and thaumaturge
is an old word that used to mean wonder worker
or miracle worker
. I talk about building cathedrals on quicksand with blueprints sketched on bar napkins because I have built complex systems atop constantly shifting foundations with requirements so vague they might as well not exist — and still managed to make everything work.
I am not passionate
about tech. I got into tech because it paid better than being a supermarket janitor. Nonetheless, I take pride in doing good, solid work on time and within budget while using the right tools for the job at hand. I put myself through all this so that I can afford to write sci-fi novels in my leisure time, because I have always worked to live rather than living to work.
When not working at my day job or writing, I build my own websites. I also maintain a website for my wife, Catherine Gatt. When building my own websites I tend to favor static sites with minimal CSS and no JavaScript to keep things simple, secure, and accessible.
Contact Info
You can reach me by email.
You will not find me on Facebook or any other social media platform. I offer no apology for any resulting inconvenience; for me, my own health and happiness come first.
Work
I am not currently looking for work. However, I am willing to read a sufficiently interesting pitch should it meet the requirements outlined below.
Requirements
If you are a recruiter, please do not contact me unless you are prepared to tell me up front who you represent and how much they are prepared to pay for my services.
I will not consider positions paying less than $131,072 in base salary, and I insist on researching firms before I agree to begin the interviewing process. Furthermore, I will only consider 100% remote positions at firms not currently subject to US sanctions.
These requirements are non-negotiable. Since I already have a solid job, you will deal with me on my terms or not at all.
Resume
This is a brief history of my professional experience as a developer. For discretion's sake and my own safety, I never name my current employer unless I'm interviewing for a new position.
| Tenure | Employer |
|---|---|
| current | one of the Big 4 consulting firms a full-stack/devops generalist using Microsoft tech, Amazon cloud, Oracle, MySQL, Node.js, and React |
| 2011-2015 | TEKsystems a full-stack developer using Microsoft tech |
| 2010-2011 | Computer Aid, Inc. a full-stack developer using Microsoft tech |
| 2009-2010 | Conduit Internet Technologies a full-stack developer using Microsoft tech, the LAMP stack, and JavaScript |
| 2000-2009 | Quality Data Service, Inc. a desktop app developer using Microsoft tech |
Skills & Tools
HTML, CSS, JS, C#, Ruby, Python, SQL, PHP, React, .NET Core, GNU/Linux, BSD, shell scripting, Emacs, vi, AWS, Docker, GIMP, pandoc
Personal
In the spirit of maintaining a Jeffersonian wall of separation between work and the rest of my life, my fiction and other interests now reside on a different website. Find it if you can.
Privacy Policy
No Ads. Ever.
This is a personal website, not a billboard, and I will never host third-party advertising of any kind. I can afford to operate my website at my own expense because I damn well listened when people told me not to quit my day job.
No Tracking. No Analytics. Ever.
I don't use any tracking or analytics on this website. If you want me to know you've been by, you can email me. Otherwise it's none of my business.
Support
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