An Incomplete Catalog of my Experience and Skill Set
Work:
Current: Software Engineer at WordFly
- Collaborating with the designer and other devs on new feature development
2011 - 2011: Software Engineer at Evri
- Developed a client application API endpoint with Node.js
- Built a PhoneGap-based iPad application
2006 - 2011: Senior JavaScript Engineer at POP Agency
- Wrote a lot of code... like, TONS of it
- Developed elegant solutions to complex user-interface problems
- Mentored and educated junior developers
- Collaborated with peers to define best-practices
- Created internal libraries and frameworks for use by other developers
- Advised project-strategists during project discovery phases
2003 - 2006: Contract Web Developer and Designer
- Worked closely with clients to determine needs and deliverables
- Identity design and branding
- Website development in the early days of the web-standards movement
Community:
Organizer for Seattle JS Meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/seattlejs
Operator for #prototype, and active on #node.js, ##javascript and others.
Selected Open Source Projects:
File System Packager:
https://github.com/dandean/fspkg
Model abstraction layer:
https://github.com/dandean/tubbs
Form-data filtering and validation middleware for Express:
https://github.com/dandean/express-form
Mustache wrapper for Express with advanced support for View Helpers:
https://github.com/dandean/mustachio
Defacto JSONp solution for Prototype.js:
https://github.com/dandean/Ajax.JSONRequest
Contributed a ton of documentation to Prototype.js:
https://github.com/sstephenson/prototype/commits/master?author=dandean