Location: Mountain View, CA
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: For the right job, particularly on the west coast (Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara)
Technologies: Swift / Vision Pro (this year), Rust (6 years), C++ (20+ years), Python (~20 years), Meta stack, Qt / Crossplatform development, FS2Open, Unity awhile back, Wifi, etc etc.
Résumé/CV: https://www.spease.net/resume
Email: peasteven@gmail.com
Calendly: https://calendly.com/spease
Been playing with computers since my dad set up batch files for me with Windows 3.1. I've done a little bit of everything. I got into programming with web development and then game programming from 2002-2008, then went to UCLA, then did Unity or 2D/3D UIs and visualization from 2010-2012. From 2012-2017 I shifted into Systems / IoT / Robotics. 2017-2019 I did Qt desktop software for protein analysis.
2019-2020 I did Web security with Rust full-time. 2020 I briefly worked at a COVID startup. 2021-2023 I worked at Meta on the AI Codesign team on storage and networking topics albeit as a general software engineer rather than a domain expert. Since then I've been freelancing.
I'm interested in a role that can fully utilize my skills and experience, preferably with some leadership aspects, UI/UX, or product design exposure. XR, cars, and things that fly are cool. I think addressing climate change and fixing our medical system are critical. But I'd also just like to make a lot of money. I'd really like to build products that are simple, well-designed, easy-to-use, and reliable. Ambitious, I know. :)
I'd say what makes me different is the sheer breadth of areas I've been on the inside of. I also really enjoyed the liberal arts side of college. I'd really like a role that has more day-to-day variety than most of the roles I've been exposed to for the last ten years. I was a lot happier when I was doing project management, or doing an entire visualization UI and optimization to make it as responsive as I wanted myself, or working with a design team to refine the look and feel of the product.
Learning tech generally hasn't been as much of an obstacle as learning a new domain or its subculture.
I think that probably means CTO of a startup would be my ideal, but right now I'm looking for something with a steady paycheck and recognize I'll probably have to be realistic and compromise.