Brandon Calabrese
CEO at YouTube
Town of Warwick, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrandon Calabrese is a founder-CEO and computer science undergraduate with nine years of hands-on software experience, primarily building games, tools, and web/desktop apps using languages like Java and C#. As founder of ButtonPress Studios he leads a distributed contractor team developing accessible game tech, including an upcoming no-code 2D RPG engine aimed at democratizing game creation. He also runs a popular content and community ecosystem—YouTube and the BlockShot Minecraft network—under the alias ThirtyVirus, where his plugins (like the well-known UltimateShops) and tutorials reach thousands. Comfortable shipping products as a solo freelancer or coordinating distributed teams, he blends entrepreneurial product vision with practical engineering and community-driven development. Based in Warwick, NY, Brandon pairs academic CS training from RIT with a decade of real-world projects that span indie game publishing, plugin development, and creator-focused education.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Rochester Institute of TechnologyComputer Programming, Computer Programming at CTEC - Ulster County BocesHigh School Advanced Regens Diploma, High School Advanced Regens Diploma at Warwick Valley High School
English
Stackoverflow
35reputation
6kreached
1answer
7questions
Github Skills (13)
minecraft8
spigot8
bukkit8
java6
effects6
intellij-idea6
graphic6
gaussian6
gdi6
keydown6
skyblock4
sorting2
talisman2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ThirtyVirus/ShulkerBox_BackPacks
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
ShulkerBox BackPacks for Minecraft CraftBukkit and Spigot, made by Brandon (ThirtyVirus) Calabrese
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
minecraftbukkitspigotcraftbukkitminecraft-plugin
ThirtyVirus/UberItems_CustomAddon_Template
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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