Jacqueline Homan

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ABOUT ME

I started learning computer programming with Ruby and Ruby on Rails in March 2013 in a Linux environment (Ubuntu, which is Debian-flavored Linux), so RoR is what I got the most open source project and in-depth training experience in. I am a full stack RoR developer very strong in BDD/TDD and Agile.

Since then, I have branched out into JavaScript, Node, Magento, PHP, Angular, Backbone, and now F#.

My work experience includes writing manifests, doing security patchwork, and programatically re-rasterizing image files and sanitizing infected databases and wesites.

But oddly, PHP and JavaScript is what I got the most actual job opportunities for getting paid work experience in—even though I had to learn PHP and developing on the production server on the fly, which is strange considering that I did not start out learning computer programming in either .NET or PHP.

My developer preference zone equally favors the functional (F# and Haskell) and OOP (Ruby/RoR) programming languages. I have a strong PaaS background and strong BDD/TDD capabilities, and a four year degree in mathematics. So I am primarily a full-stack Ruby on Rails software developer with a growing collection of successful PHP, JavaScript and F# closed source contract projects. So far, I have worked mostly with relational databases (MySQL, SQL, etc. etc.).

I live in Erie County, Pennsylvania and I prefer remote positions but I am willing to commute to Buffalo or Cleveland. I am not available on-site full-time outside of this commuting area without upfront relocation assistance.

Professional colleagues and contract/jobber references:

Leah LaSalla: leah.lasalla@satyrwilder.com - Architect at BuyersQuest
Dean Verleger: deanverleger@gmail.com - Senior Technical Analyst at Aparatus
Jill Reads: jreads@gmail.com - Senior Dev Opps at University of Maryland-Baltimore
Evan Cofsky: evan@theunixman, phone: 213-235-7495 - software engineer and project manager at VTI Instruments and CEO of The UNIX Man Consulting

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined April 2015

EXPERTISE

1 year experience

I started teaching myself F# after being introduced to it by a sr. developer who walked me through writing a parser to handle a clobbered...

I started teaching myself F# after being introduced to it by a sr. developer who walked me through writing a parser to handle a clobbered YAML file that Ruby's Nokogiri gem choked on. I took off teaching myself F# from there, and am using F# in a major data-mining and report-generating project I am bootstrapping and trying to get fully funded so I can work on it full-time.

Ruby

2 years experience

I started learning software development in Ruby/RoR in 2013 and was a sponsored participant in the first Rails Girls Summer of Code. Afte...

I started learning software development in Ruby/RoR in 2013 and was a sponsored participant in the first Rails Girls Summer of Code. After that, I slowly picked up some small side jobs and then landed a short-term subcontract doing some patch work for the head sysadmin at the University of Maryland (Baltimore), and some other side jobs from a sr. developer with his own consulting gig. I've created a simple Ruby gem that does the FizzBuzz algorithm. I built a cms app for someone who needed a cataloging system for their own private library, and also built a website for a professional wildlife photographer. I've also been asked to do a website for a survivor-run organization that provides transitional housing and other support services for adult women who are destitute and homeless survivors of human sex trafficking.

Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails 4RubyGems

Ruby on Rails

2 years experience

Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails 4Ruby on rails 3.2

Ruby on RailsRuby on Rails 4Ruby on rails 3.2Ruby on rails 3.1

Linux

2 years experience

I prefer to only develop in environments and with tools that I can set up on a Linux OS, which means I had to get good at setting up Linu...

I prefer to only develop in environments and with tools that I can set up on a Linux OS, which means I had to get good at setting up Linux OS, including Linux VM's.

Ubuntu 14 Arch linux Ubuntu

Ubuntu 14 Arch linux Ubuntu CentOS

PostgreSQL

2 years experience

I know how to roll Postgres in Linux for apps that can be deployed on Heroku.

Ruby on Rails

WordPress

2 years experience

Replacing deprecated plugins and writing custom PHP functions to act on CSS, HTML and the included jQuery libraries to replicate the DOM ...

Replacing deprecated plugins and writing custom PHP functions to act on CSS, HTML and the included jQuery libraries to replicate the DOM behaviors desired that the deprecated plugins used to achieve.

HTML/CSS PHP jQuery

HTML/CSS PHP jQuery JavaScript

PHP

1 year experience

Removed deprecated plugins and wrote JavaScrip and PHP functions to effect the desired behavior of DOM elements, sanitized infected sites...

Removed deprecated plugins and wrote JavaScrip and PHP functions to effect the desired behavior of DOM elements, sanitized infected sites and removed malware scripts from image files.

WordPress

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