I'm looking for a job "in blockchain". My conventional resume is here, which I encourage to take a look at.
This document is what you want to read if you are looking for a developer in the blockchain-space and are wondering if Mike Burr might be a good fit. Big shifts are happening now, including how people look for and acquire a job (not to mention how they get paid.) So, breaking with tradition, allow me to explain to you what I have to offer:
I've got a total of 20+ years of experience in tech of some sort. Until about 10 years ago, I would have described myself as a "systems administrator", but that became "programmer" over a series of stages. I have spent cumulative years at the Linux/FreeBSD console diagnosing, fixing, and improving all the interactions between a computer and the outside world one could imagine. "We didn't have AWS back in my day", in other words. I set up and maintained just about all of the computer/network infrastructure at most of the places I've worked. All that said, of course I am glad AWS exists! I have a good understanding of the complexity and effort that goes into making that stuff work.
I consider myself to be a very capable Python developer. I've deployed at least one, long used, stable commercial website. The frontend and iOS development was done by others, but I did 100% of the Golang backend, which talks to a sharded Mongo database cluster and two commercial API services. It's not groundbreaking but it's rock solid and has provided years of trouble-free service to many hundreds of active users.
I've also got reasonably good JavaScript/frontend abilities. I don't consider this to be my greatest skill, but I get by very well and can troubleshoot and write up very usable JavaScript (and PHP). Here is a project that I have been deeply involved with, of whose PHP/JS code I probably contributed 5% overall.
I've been an Ethereum tinkerer since 2015 or so. I've got several Solidity toy scripts and experiments in my GitHub repo, the oldest of which is dated 2017-08-30. The experimenting and learning has increased sharply during the current "cycle".
I've got a good foundation in the fundamentals. I've read plenty of library code from OpenZepplin, Chainlink and others. I've made a point of understanding ERC-20 and all its subtleties. I've completed most of (as of this writing) the Ethernaut exercises, which I can prove thanks to the nature of Ethereum. The Rinkeby wallet address I used for this is here.
I also am perfectly comfortable working 100% remotely. I've done so for a cumulative 4-5 years (for Cisco and Zoetis, the latter for two years, having met my coworkers only twice or so). I get plenty done and am excited about the prospect of making blockchain my full time gig. There's a tidal wave of blockchain-instigated change coming and I'm excited to keep paddling furiously to catch it!
Most of my work history has been with startup-like cultures, probably 1/3rd of it with actual startups, all of which had varying levels of success, some, like PLA-Zoetis, pretty spectacular.
I have also thrived at bigger organizations like GE Healthcare, Cisco, and VMware.
I keep it positive and want for us to succeed together!
Please feel free to get in touch.
Mike Burr mb@unintuitive.org