It was beautiful in the Yukon that day. I was up in the far north to play a music festival with my band, Juno award winners Digging Roots. We were in a local park just after lunch when I got word that one of my web clients had been hacked. It was a critical time for them as it was the week before their annual event and ticket sales were peaking. I tethered to my phone and at dial-up speeds, shelled into the server, found the issue and restored the site, all in time to make sound-check. I was always coding. In airports, in the back of the tour van, in hotels. I had two careers going - one in music and one in web development. I loved both. When I started my family though, being on the road got tougher. I made the choice to leave the band and focus on development. It was a great time to do that. I went from a lone wolf developer to a valued team player and leader, first at a SaaS company, and then at a boutique agency. With both companies, I rose to the top. My passion for quality, and ability to deliver creative solutions added value to each company. Some highlights include:- For the SaaS company, I refactored a fractured code base into a sophisticated data model layer based on snippets of SQL. This helped stabilize the product ahead of a multi-million dollar international acquisition.- For the agency, I developed a build system that allowed us to publish typescript components directly as WordPress Gutenberg blocks, and also invoke them directly from within PHP scripts. For example, see https://www.calian.com. - I built a data-heavy WordPress site to have blazing fast search results driven by Elasticsearch. Results in less than 100ms. See https://www.heeman.ca/plants/. - I built a WooCommerce site for a hospital lottery doing $4m+ in sales twice a year with huge traffic spikes around deadlines. See https://www.dreamitwinit.ca.Beyond the technical skills I brought to these companies, I also had a tangible effect on the culture. I'm calm, approachable, insightful, and empathetic, and this fostered trust all the way along the chain. And I found a way to bring a little music into the mix as well. At the agency, I used to sing a song at our Friday stand-ups, which was enjoyed and appreciated by the team.In my next role, I'm looking to build on that foundation of development and architecture with a strong team focussed on delivering an excellent product. I am interested and appropriate for both senior developer and director roles. Do you know of a great fit? I'd love to hear from you!