Adam Oates
Senior Software Engineer at TrueBlue Inc.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Oates is a Senior Software Engineer based in Colorado Springs with eight years of hands-on experience building full-stack and back-end systems after transitioning from vocational and military roles into tech. Self-taught through programs like Udacity and Coding Dojo, he has blended volunteer, freelance, and corporate work to sharpen practical skills across Android, web development, and backend services. He contributes to the V programming language project, implementing features like base58 encoding/decoding and improving JSON decoding and image handling—demonstrating a taste for low-level, performance-minded enhancements in a fast-compiled language. At companies ranging from startups to enterprise staffing firms, Adam has taken on senior engineering and support roles, bringing operational discipline from earlier military and utility work to software delivery. Colleagues describe him as diligent, principled, and curious—someone who pairs a strong work ethic with a knack for fixing subtle bugs and improving developer-facing libraries.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Certificate, Web Development, Web Development Certificate, Web Development at Coding DojoAdvance Certificate, Gas Utility Worker, Advance Certificate, Gas Utility Worker at City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeAndroid Nanodegree, Andriod, Android Nanodegree, Andriod at UdacityDiploma, General education, Diploma, General education at Bloom Township High SchoolCriminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, 3.0, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, 3.0 at Central Texas CollegeCertificate, Carpentry, Roofing and Masonry, Certificate, Carpentry, Roofing and Masonry at Naval Construction Battalion CenterInformation Technology, Junior, Information Technology, Junior at Robert Morris University - IllinoisComputer Science, Junior, Computer Science, Junior at Chicago State UniversityAssociates, Liberal Arts and Humanities, Associates, Liberal Arts and Humanities at City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
English
Github Skills (10)
compiler10
vlang10
programming-language10
compiler-compiler10
go10
data-structure9
algorithm9
data-structures9
json9
algorithms9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vlang/v
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 4 commits, 17 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Adam contributed primarily to the `vlang/v` repository, focusing on adding and improving core functionalities within the V programming language. Their work included implementing base58 encoding/decoding, fixing a JPG loading panic, adding a function to retrieve user names, and supporting nested structs in JSON decoding. They also improved the gg library by fixing an issue with `draw_rounded_rect_empty` and made PenConfig fields public.
compiled-languageprogramming-languagecompiler
islonely/multibase
Feb 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:1 release, 8 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 1 month
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