2323## Self-Summary
2424
2525Hi, I'm Michael, Michael Joseph (yes, two first names, I know. MJ works as
26- an internet handle, for people not into the whole brevity thing and
26+ an internet handle, for people into the whole brevity thing as well as for
2727disambiguation purposes).
2828
2929I have worked in the computer / internet industry for the last 14 years,
@@ -35,24 +35,27 @@ tabs vs spaces (ok, wait, scratch the last one, I _am_ zealous about
3535whitespace)). I play extremely well with others, but I also _ need_ to have
3636* some* solo time.
3737
38- I can write, read, review, edit and correct
39- (in order of preference and experience):
38+ I can write, read and review (in order of preference and experience):
4039
4140- English
4241- Python
4342- Bash + GNU
43+ - Ruby
4444- Java
4545- PHP
46- - Javascript, Ruby
46+ - Javascript
4747
4848I've been the technology lead of small developer teams (max 5), providing
4949technical leadership and engineering management roles.
5050
51- I spoke at [ PyconZA 2013] ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1i-louid4M )
52- about the work we did at [ Yola] ( https://www.yola.com ) during my time there.
51+ I spoke at [ PyconZA 2013] ( https://archive.org/details/pyconza2013-app-to-platform )
52+ about the work we did at [ Yola] ( https://www.yola.com ) during my time there, and
53+ at [ PyconZA 2014] ( https://archive.org/details/pyconza2014-cookie-monster ) about becoming a contributor to an Open Source project.
5354
5455[ Application to Platform: How we used Python to scale Yola] ( http://michaeljoseph.github.io/application-to-platform/ )
5556
57+ [ How I Became A Cookie Monster] ( http://michaeljoseph.github.io/cookiemonster/ )
58+
5659## Roles
5760
5861### Past
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6568
6669### Future
6770
68- - Communication Bridge between misunderstanding teams / groups
69- e.g. engineering and marketing / product / programme management (#suitsvsnerds)
70- - Developer Evangelist
71- - Chief Cognitive Scientist
71+ - Communication Bridge between miscommunicating teams / groups
72+ e.g. engineering and marketing / product / programme management
73+ - Developer Evangelist / Efficiency Engineer
7274
7375## Work Experience
7476
77+ ### Senior Software Developer @ Intellection Software
78+ #### August 2014 - September 2015 (1 year 1 month)
79+
80+ I was part of the core team responsible for:
81+ - administering and configuring production and development clusters
82+ - improving application deployment and continuous integration systems
83+ - general AWS administration
84+ - supporting Ruby On Rails web application developers
85+
86+ ` #ruby #rubyonrails #aws #chef #opsworks #docker #ansible `
87+
7588### Services Team Lead @ Yola.com
7689#### February 2011 - May 2014 (3 years 4 months)
7790
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