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First and foremost, I love writing code. Ever since writing my first program in C# and manipulating it to produce a desired output, I have been obsessed with the idea of of using software to solve practical problems. Software engineering is a never-ending puzzle that I am passionately engaged in solving. I belive in the power of programming to transform and improve the lives of people around the world.For my first professional contract, I was given the opportunity to lead a full UI/UX overhaul of a small start up's website. My second contract involved injecting HTML/CSSJavaScript on popular merchant websites via a browser extension. This contract quickly turned into a full time offer and I have been happily expanding my role as a software engineer ever since. Today, I am a senior engineer at Vandalay Industries working on the front end of our home site, www.vandalayindustries.com. Most recently, we have been implementing a micro front end into our customer acquisition flow so that it can be dynamically composed using demographic data and allow for CI/CD deployments to bring features to market faster.Even when I leave the office, I tend to continue writing code at the house. Most recently, I have been working on a website for my band, Collidoscope. I play the piano/synthesizer and I find a beautiful crossover between my software and my music. Both pursuits challenge so many aspects of the intellect: creativity, organization, sequential processing, problem solving. This is what keep me up at night, a never ending thirst to create beautiful, powerful things and share them with the world.Skills/Interests: C#, Python, Node, React, Redux, Webpack/Babel, StyledComponents, CSS, HTML, Git, GitLab, SQL, PostgreSQL, TDD, Cucumber, Jasmine, Gerkin, Docker.