Best Posts in Thread: Tech Application from Guldurdir

To those of you trying to get @LordInateur to change his mind (first, thank you! ), he and I talked and this isn't a no. It's a "not yet," and I understand his reasoning perfectly. We've discussed a potential timeline and are just waiting for some milestones.

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Hi @LordInateur or @CluelessKlutz ,

Nothing has happened in the last several weeks around ComDev. Is there some other way I can demonstrate proficiency and get exposure?

Thanks.

 

Member Name Guldurdir

Additional In Game Names: None

How old are you? 32

Location: Dublin, OH

Do you have Discord? Yes

How many hours per day do you spend on Meepcraft? (average) 2-3

Have you ever been a Tech on a different server? No

References: Please give IGN's CaliWahine otherwise I'm pretty new to the server.

Introduction: I play Pathfinder, love to play computer games, was in the beta for the Pathfinder: Kingmaker CRPG, currently in the private alpha for the Amazon MMO, New World. I spend most of my time between work and playing games.

Please describe your experience as a developer. I've been a professional developer for 14 years focused on web-based platforms that heavily utilize service based backends. I've dabbled into game dev over the years mostly with small tutorials in Unity and blender. Most recently I've transitioned to DevOps and am in charge of leading that transformation at my place of work for everything between process, tooling, and culture advocacy.

What programming languages are you familiar with? C#, T-SQL, JavaScript, CSS

What are you most proud of as your work as a developer? Being able to deliver highly performant solutions that work at scale. Most recently since transitioning into DevOps, through monitoring I was able to isolate a few key services and transition them to their own dedicated hardware. Even through this Thanksgiving season I haven't heard a peep from our servers alerts where before we would have to bring reserves online for even minor increases to normal traffic. A most proud moment from when I was writing business applications, would be a series of packages I helped design with one of our architects to help modernize our development process so we could begin to give our service platform a much needed upgrade.

How do you plan to enrich the experience of MeepCraft with your development contributions? I'm not 100% on the details of Tech responsibilities but I would imagine contributing to minor fixes at first to game code as I get familiar with the particulars of Java. Otherwise, shoring up integration points between the game client and web site as I've noticed there is some stale content between the two.

Do you have a GitHub account or personal website? If so, please provide the link(s) here. hoagsie - Overview

Unfortunately, the vast, vast majority of my career has been spent with private corporations and simply isn't public. I can give a linked in URL in a more private communication.

 

I have no idea who you are but meep needs devs. Bad. So good for you.
I just hope you know that meep doesn't pay for their development

 

I still think the server would benefit from being a little more trusting with the tech role if you have a developer available. Obviously tread carefully, but don’t miss an opportunity to help the server out of fear. There is not so much to be lost as long as you’re careful.

I’m a +1, you are passionate about the server and want to help. I pray you get the chance to help with your skills in the future