Damien Bradley
Apprentice Programmer at Kindista
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDamien Bradley is an apprentice programmer based in Eugene, Oregon, transitioning into software engineering after a diverse 12-year background in customer service, event production, warehouse operations, and teaching. He volunteers as an apprentice developer for Kindista, incrementally taking on more complex projects to improve a social network founded on sharing and gift-economy principles. Damien pairs practical, hands-on problem solving from field roles—where he managed logistics, public-facing communication, and animal care—with structured technical learning and QA experience from a short-term testing role. He holds a Master of Music in Composition and brings a creative, systems-oriented mindset to engineering challenges, often approaching code with the discipline of a composer. Seeking a 1–3 year position that leverages his varied skill set, he values building long-term relationships with teams where he can grow into IT, programming, or QA responsibilities. An unusually broad background means he offers empathy for users and operational practicality alongside emerging technical capability.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Music, Composition, Master of Music, Composition at University of OregonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music at UCSC
Github Skills (4)
common-lisp5
lisp5
nodejs5
react5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
kindista/kindista
Dec 2013 - Feb 2014
a social network for local sharing
Contributions:14 commits in 2 months
social-networkreactsharingnodejslisp
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