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I'm interested in:• development work using Clojure and/or ClojureScript• passing on knowledge of Clojure and development in general to others• continuing to learn; particular areas of interest include event processing systems, ClojureScript front ends, DevOps, and cloud computing.I'm an intelligent, personable, self-motivated software professional with excellent written and spoken communication skills. I've used incremental and iterative approaches supported by automatic tests for over 20 years, and since 2011 I've worked in environments that make use of modern agile and DevOps ideas.I have a track record of producing well-engineered software that meets customers' needs and of communicating and collaborating effectively with colleagues, management and customers.I like Clojure; I've used it since 2011 and before that I used Common Lisp for many years. (It may be worth saying that Clojure is a modern Lisp.) I've also done many things that aren't Lisp.I have extensive experience of the whole software development lifecycle from business analysis through to delivery to users and subsequent support and maintenance.I've worked on web, desktop and command-line-driven applications, in application areas including telecommunications, publishing, software tools that support design processes and software for software people (eg application generators and compilers).I'm calm, well-organised, fair-minded and a natural teacher.

Listed skills include Software Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, Unix, and 12 others.