Braden Best
Management Analyst II - Grants Program Specialist at New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolBraden Best is a disciplined, self-taught programmer with over a decade of hands-on experience in JavaScript, Python, and ANSI C, and practical competence in Java, C++, PHP, HTML/CSS and system/game design. Based in Albuquerque, he pairs deep attention to detail with real-world problem-solving from years of self-directed projects and QA-minded development. Currently a Management Analyst II managing grants and audits at a state agency, he brings operational rigor and audit-focused thinking to software tasks—useful for reliable tooling and testing. Comfortable across systems-level and game development domains, he’s curious about expanding into C#, Lua, Lisp and Rust and actively shares work on GitLab and GitHub. Notably, his background blends public-sector process management and decade-long independent coding practice, making him a pragmatic engineer who values both discipline and continual learning.
12 years of coding experience
Google IT Support Professional Certificate, Information Technology, A, Google IT Support Professional Certificate, Information Technology, A at Coursera, onlineComputer Science, Computer Science at The University of New Mexico
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Github Skills (96)
javascript10
monochrome10
scheme10
color-scheme9
ascii9
vim9
hex-editor9
chrome9
neovim9
text-editor9
cross-platform9
nim-language9
8-bit9
music8
image-viewer8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bradenbest/link-saver
Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:40 commits, 3 comments, 1 issue in 1 month
bradenbest/image-viewer
May 2014 - Mar 2020
Contributions:33 commits, 3 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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