Brendan Metzger
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Metzger is a seasoned web developer based in Chicago with 12 years of experience building thoughtful, interactive front- and back-end web applications. He combines meticulous design sensibilities with strong technical chops in JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Unix, CSS and XML, and has shipped projects ranging from a festival website (thirdcoastfestival.org) to a streaming player and site relaunches for major media outlets. As an adjunct faculty member teaching interactive design and programming, he brings both practical production experience and classroom-tested clarity to complex problems. His career blends freelance agility with institutional work at organizations like WBEZ and Harpo, and he even applies hands-on, seasonal farming skills—selling garlic at a farmers market—bringing a pragmatic, grounded approach to project delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Bradley UniversityBA Interactive Art and Media, BA Interactive Art and Media at Columbia College Chicago
Github Skills (1)
content-editor4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
brendanmetzger/diatom
Apr 2020 - Feb 2024
Contributions:95 pushes, 2 branches, 17 comments in 3 years 10 months
brendanmetzger/ledger
Dec 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:411 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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