Summary
Chad Fegley is a full-stack software developer and educator based in San Jose with a decade of professional experience blending classroom instruction and hands-on web development. Comfortable across JavaScript, Python, and PHP, he has built end-to-end projects from MEAN-stack realtime apps to PHP-driven WordPress customizations that cut admin customization time by over 50%. Currently teaching government and economics, Chad brings a teacher’s mindset to engineering—mentoring peers, simplifying complex concepts, and prioritizing practical, user-focused solutions. His background ranges from scaling customer-facing restaurant operations to architecting production features like voucher mailers and bitcoin-enabled game platforms, demonstrating adaptability across industries and technologies. Driven by continual learning, he pursues new languages and frameworks to ensure his work remains relevant and impactful.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Coding Dojo
University of California Santa Cruz
Computer Science, Computer Science at Cabrillo College
Associate's degree, Communication, Math, Associate's degree, Communication, Math at San Jose City College
Computer Science, Computer Science at City College of San Francisco