Zach Layng

Zach Layng

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ABOUT ME
Full Stack Software Developer, Startup CTO
Full Stack Software Developer, Startup CTO

There's nothing I love more than helping someone discover something new, gain an insight, or harness the confidence to tackle their challenges.

I've been a programmer since writing BASIC in elementary school, but in the last several years discovered that working full time as a software engineer is my calling. Before taking the plunge into tech, I worked in education and lead hundreds of professional development trainings across the country. In my current role as CTO, I have enjoyed bringing those two worlds together -- mentoring a handful of junior developers and fostering an environment in which we learn together and challenge each other.

As a mentor, I look forward to sharing my coaching and programming experience -- and I can't wait to see what you will create.

English
Pacific Time (US & Canada) (-07:00)
Joined April 2014
EXPERTISE
4 years experience
Django is my go-to framework when building an MVP, and I've also had the good fortune to scale a Django-powered site globally. Over the y...
Django is my go-to framework when building an MVP, and I've also had the good fortune to scale a Django-powered site globally. Over the years, I've incorporated or built integrations of almost every variety, from social authentication to payments to telephony to websockets. As a former CEO and current CTO of startups built on Django, and having scaled a global e-commerce website built with Django, I absolutely love its speediness-of-development, clarity, and flexibility. Django is a joy to work with -- I love coaching others to be able to discover that joy!
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4 years experience | 3 endorsements
Python is the swiss-army knife on my hip. I've used it for web applications (see Django section!), machine learning, web scraping, and da...
Python is the swiss-army knife on my hip. I've used it for web applications (see Django section!), machine learning, web scraping, and data science. Whenever someone asks me how to get started programming, I suggest they give Python a try. I find that python often allows a programmer to focus on the problem they are trying to solve instead of on the code itself.
15 years experience
As a full stack developer, where would I be without HTML? I'm always happy to discuss HTML, and best practices for structuring a page to ...
As a full stack developer, where would I be without HTML? I'm always happy to discuss HTML, and best practices for structuring a page to accept responsive styling.
4 years experience | 1 endorsement
Whether styling a page with CSS on the fly from my own imagination or carefully reproducing prescribed styles from a designer's .psd or s...
Whether styling a page with CSS on the fly from my own imagination or carefully reproducing prescribed styles from a designer's .psd or sketch file, I've used CSS or pre-processed CSS for nearly every project in my programming career!

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(4 reviews)
John D'Alessandro
John D'Alessandro
October 2016
great guy. definitely reccommend
Adam Harder
Adam Harder
October 2016
Very knowledgeable in CSS & Javascript. saved me a ton of debugging time.