Seeking work | San Francisco, CA or St. Paul, MN | Remote OK
Jack of all trades and master of none doesn't describe it. I've been in the game since I got done with Lego in my pre-teens 20 years ago. I like building tech more as a hobby than a job, but have great value to add to compatible teams. Most recently I've been working service and labor positions and building tech that fits into the framework of my own life.
I'm self-taught and later college educated, have built open source libraries and apps, worked in web agencies and SV/SF tech at stages from seed to post-IPO. I've served as tech lead and worked closely with product management at SaaS and consumer companies in product owner-like capacity (good writing and communication skills). Most recently I've been sharpening my marketing skills and learning SaaS/creator platforms on my own time.
My mindset is far more bootstrap with focus on profitability than VC. I can see big picture and have battle scars. I prefer to work with a team if the gig is more than a couple weeks but can deliver from isolation with concrete goals. I love training people to take over my job, the lower skill the better to a degree--it forces better documentation and visibility and justifies automation. I've worked with teams from all over the world and am pretty sensitive to cross cultural communication.
If you provide me with a job description I can make a single page resume with relevant experience.
Jack of all trades and master of none doesn't describe it. I've been in the game since I got done with Lego in my pre-teens 20 years ago. I like building tech more as a hobby than a job, but have great value to add to compatible teams. Most recently I've been working service and labor positions and building tech that fits into the framework of my own life.
I'm self-taught and later college educated, have built open source libraries and apps, worked in web agencies and SV/SF tech at stages from seed to post-IPO. I've served as tech lead and worked closely with product management at SaaS and consumer companies in product owner-like capacity (good writing and communication skills). Most recently I've been sharpening my marketing skills and learning SaaS/creator platforms on my own time.
My mindset is far more bootstrap with focus on profitability than VC. I can see big picture and have battle scars. I prefer to work with a team if the gig is more than a couple weeks but can deliver from isolation with concrete goals. I love training people to take over my job, the lower skill the better to a degree--it forces better documentation and visibility and justifies automation. I've worked with teams from all over the world and am pretty sensitive to cross cultural communication.
If you provide me with a job description I can make a single page resume with relevant experience.
Thanks.
email: biz@harlanji.com.
keywords: clojure, nodejs, php5, java8, sql, kafka, saas, bootstrap, raspi, lambda, aws, k8s, docker, training, tech writing, devops.