Summary
Charlie Blackstock is a Co-Founder and CTO with 11 years of software engineering experience who transitioned from a formal accounting background (BBA and Master's) into full-time web development and startup leadership. He has built and led engineering efforts at startups including GAMER.XYZ and now Farworld Labs, combining product-minded engineering with hands-on technical delivery. His career blends traditional finance rigor with modern engineering practices, bringing analytical discipline to architecture and operational decision-making. Based in the Denver metro area, he has experience across frontend and backend roles, game-related projects, and developer instruction, reflecting a strong focus on user-facing web and game systems. Outside work he still competes in basketball leagues and channels his lifelong love of video games into product intuition and community-focused technology. Colleagues describe him as an entrepreneurial technologist who turns curiosity into pragmatic, ship-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Accounting, Accounting, Masters of Accounting, Accounting at University of Southern California
Coding School, Coding, Coding School, Coding at Galvanize
Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance at University of Colorado Boulder
London School of Economics and Political Science