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I'm Steve. I'm a programmer currently living in Rochester, NY.

I graduated from [Rochester Institute of Technology][rit] in 2008 with
a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, worked full-time until 2015, then went
to graduate school.  I graduated from [Reykjavík University][RU] in 2017 with
a Master's degree in Computer Science.

If you'd *really* like to get to know me you should look at the [projects][] and
[blog posts][] I've written, or just read my code on [Bitbucket][] or
[GitHub][].

[rit]: http://rit.edu/
[projects]: /projects/
[blog posts]: /blog/
[bitbucket]: https://bitbucket.org/sjl/
[github]: https://github.com/sjl/
[RU]: https://www.ru.is/

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            <li><a href="#languages">Languages</a></li>
            <li><a href="#timeline">Timeline</a></li>
            <li><a href="#contact-me">Contact Me</a></li>
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## Languages

My current programming language of choice is for most of my projects is [Common
Lisp][].  I've used it for a variety of projects, including:

[Common Lisp]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp

* A [CHIP-8 emulator](/blog/2016/12/chip8-cpu/)
* My [Master's thesis in General Game Playing](https://github.com/sjl/scully)
* Several [fun Twitter bots](https://github.com/sjl/magitek)
* A [Prolog VM](https://github.com/sjl/temperance)
* Lots of [Project Euler problems](https://github.com/sjl/euler)
* An [entry in the August 2016 Lisp Game Jam](http://stevelosh.com/blog/2016/08/lisp-jam-postmortem/)
* An [entry in the Icelandic Game Industry Community Game Jam](https://github.com/sjl/antipodes)

I also gave [a talk](https://youtu.be/UfZvP0v3NbM) at the 2017 European Lisp
Symposium in Brussels about General Game Playing with Common Lisp.

I've also had significant professional experience programming with [Python][],
[Django][], [Scala][], [Clojure][], [Java][], [PostgreSQL][], [MySQL][], and
lots of various glue languages like [bash][].

I've had some professional experience with frontend languages like
[JavaScript][], [CSS][], [HTML][], and [Django][]'s template system, but I don't
consider myself a frontend developer and prefer to work mostly on the backend
side of things.

I have some passing familiarity with [C][], [C++][], [Scheme][], [Groovy][], and
[C#][] (through [Unity][]), but I don't consider myself experienced in any of
them.

I also wrote [a book](http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/) about
[Vimscript][vim], which is freely available online and has sold over a thousand
copies of the ebook edition.

[vim]: http://www.vim.org/
[Unity]: https://unity3d.com/
[C#]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)
[Scheme]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)
[HTML]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
[Python]: http://www.python.org/
[Java]: http://java.sun.com/
[C]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)
[C++]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B
[JavaScript]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
[Groovy]: http://groovy-lang.org/
[bash]: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
[CSS]: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/
[MySQL]: https://www.mysql.com/
[PostgreSQL]: https://www.postgresql.org/
[SQL]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL
[PL/SQL]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/SQL

## Timeline

### Senior Software Engineer at [Simple][]

*Remotely since September 2017.*

After graduating from RU I rejoined my previous team at [Simple][].  I currently
work on the Backend Engineering team creating and maintaining services in
[Scala][], [Java][], and [Clojure][].  I'm also in the primary on-call rotation,
which handles triaging and solving issues detected by our monitoring systems.

[Simple]: https://simple.com/
[Scala]: https://www.scala-lang.org/
[Clojure]: https://clojure.org/

### Graduate Student in Computer Science at [Reykjavík University][RU]

*Reykjavík, Iceland from August 2015 to June 2017.*

At [RU][] I studied a variety of topics including theoretical computer science,
natural language processing, Prolog VM implementation, and video game design and
development.  I also wrote and defended a Master's thesis in the field of
General Game Playing.

### Senior Software Engineer at [Simple][]

*Remotely from July 2013 to July 2015.*

At [Simple][] I worked on the Backend Engineering team creating and maintaining
services in [Scala][], [Java][], and [Clojure][].  I was also in the primary
on-call rotation during my time there.

[Simple]: https://simple.com/
[Scala]: https://www.scala-lang.org/
[Clojure]: https://clojure.org/

### Senior Software Engineer at the [Participatory Culture Foundation][PCF]

*Remotely from September 2011 to June 2013.*

At the [PCF][] I helped maintain and extend the [Amara][] subtitling website.
My work was primarily in [Django][] and [Python][], using [South][] for database
migrations and [Vagrant][] for development environments.

[PCF]: http://www.pculture.org/
[Amara]: https://amara.org/en/
[South]: https://south.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
[Vagrant]: https://www.vagrantup.com/

### Senior Software Engineer at [Dumbwaiter Design][DWD]

*Rochester, NY from January 2010 to September 2011.*

At [Dumbwaiter][DWD] I worked with a small team of designers and developers to
create beautiful websites backed by [Django][] and [Python][].  I focused
primarily on backend development and system administration, but also contributed
frontend [Javascript][] and [CSS][] when necessary.

[DWD]: http://dwaiter.com/
[Django]: https://www.djangoproject.com/
[Javascript]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
[CSS]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets

### Software Engineer at [PAETEC][]

*Rochester, NY from June 2008 to January 2010.*

At [PAETEC][] I maintained and implemented new features for web applications in
[Java][] using the [Oracle E-Business Suite][oebs] and worked on underlying
[SQL][] and [PL/SQL][] code for our databases.

[PAETEC]: http://paetec.com/
[oebs]: http://www.oracle.com/applications/e-business-suite.html

### Data Architecture Co-op at [Excellus BlueCross BlueShield][]

*Rochester, NY from June 2007 to November 2007.*

At [Excellus][] I developed software in [Java][] to interact with and manage
databases of customer and provider information stored on a mainframe, and
created/maintained [JUnit][] and [Jemmy][] tests for this software.

[Excellus BlueCross BlueShield]: https://www.excellusbcbs.com/
[Excellus]: https://www.excellusbcbs.com/
[JUnit]: http://www.junit.org/
[Jemmy]: http://jemmy.dev.java.net/

### Managed Services Programmer at [RightNow Technologies][]

*Pittsford, NY from June 2006 to November 2006.*

At [RightNow][] I developed a set of tools to test the effectiveness of
voice-automated telephone systems, written in a combination of [bash
scripting][] and [Python][], and helped generate statistics about the
effectiveness of these systems for customers.

[RightNow Technologies]: http://www.rightnow.com/
[RightNow]: http://www.rightnow.com/

### Undergraduate Student in Computer Science at the [Rochester Institute of Technology][RIT]

*Rochester, NY from September 2003 to June 2008.*

At [RIT][] I studied a variety of topics related to Computer Science and
Software Engineering, as well as several other areas, including a Liberal Arts
concentration in American Sign Language.

## Contact Me

If you want to contact me, email is usually best.

My **email address** is: <steve@stevelosh.com>  
My **phone number** is: (585) 520-8386  
My **skype username** is: steve.losh  
My **mailing address** is: 111 East Ave, Apartment 214, Rochester NY 14604