Peter Sobot
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Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
I've worked with:
Python Ruby Rails
Javascript jQuery
HTML5 CSS3 HAML
SASS/SCSS CoffeeScript
REST APIs Socket.IO
Tornado Node.JS
Objective-C iOS SDK
Java Perl PHP
C C++ Scheme
68k Assembly
MIPS Assembly
Regular Expressions
Mac OS X Bash
Linux Apache Nginx
Postfix Cron Plesk
VPS Hosting & Xen
Windows IIS MSSQL
VirtualBox VMware
Joomla! Wordpress
Ektron SiteFinity
Photoshop Flash
Logic Pro Final Cut Pro
I'm a software developer with a passion for beautiful design, intuitive user interfaces
and clean, efficient code.
Areas of Expertise:
Languages:
Python, Ruby, Javascript, SQL, PHP, HTML5 & CSS3
Objective-C, C++, Java, Scheme, Shell, Assembly
Frameworks:
Ruby on Rails, Tornado, iOS SDK, Socket.IO
Software:
Vim, Git, XCode, Nginx, Node.JS, Apache
OS:
Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Windows & Windows ServerExperience:
Software Developer at The Working Group (Fall 2011)
Development lead for 1THING, an online mobile-optimized social journal
Independently designed and developed native iPhone applications
Worked directly with clients to create and maintain Rails applications
Creator of the Wub Machine, an online music remixer (2011-present)
Designed algorithms to remix music into Dubstep and other genres
Crafted a real-time web app in Python to remix uploaded music
Scaled site to over 1000 remixes/day in less than 6 months
Web Developer at Imagination Plus (Summer 2010, Winter 2011
)
Lead developer for a custom PHP learning management system
Maintained production Windows & Linux servers (Apache & IIS)
Received highest possible work term rating twice ("outstanding")
Open SourceSoftware Developer (2009-present)
Wrote "The Street Preacher", a hyper-local Twitter bot in 100 lines of Ruby
Crafted OhJournal, a free open-source web-based journal
Education:
Candidate for Bachelor of Software Engineering
from the University of Waterloo (expected graduation: 2014)
Resident of VeloCity Startup Incubator (2010-2012)
WL Compiler (Fall 2010)
Built a compiler & assembler in Java for a C-like language
"Colour of the Web" (Fall 2010)
Co-wrote an app to find the average colour of the internet
Activities & Interests:
Musician (1995-present)
Wrote, performed and produced 5 full solo albums of rock and electronic
Received more than 20,000 plays via iTunes, Bandcamp & Last.fm