Daniel Commins
Software Engineering Instructor at Tech Elevator
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Commins is a software engineering instructor and seasoned embedded systems developer with 11 years of experience building firmware, tools, and teaching full-stack software practices. He has strong hands-on expertise in C and Python for avionics and storage firmware, plus recent Java/Spring, SQL, and front-end work as a bootcamp instructor mentoring career-ready developers. Daniel has shipped low-level HDD/SSD and RFID solutions, authored open-source disk utility tooling, and created automated test frameworks and Jenkins-driven regression systems. He blends systems-level rigor with practical pedagogy—leading remote instruction, capstone scrum teams, mock interviews, and curriculum design—to help diverse learners transition into industry roles. Based in San Diego, he pairs field-tested embedded design experience with a knack for translating complex technical concepts into approachable, project-focused learning.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
SSFHSUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Irvine
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Github Skills (13)
python-modules8
discord-js7
discord-bot7
discord6
hex6
signed6
python6
decimal6
parsing6
java6
visualization5
opengl4
vispy2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dencee/ATACMD
Nov 2014 - Apr 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 8 pushes in 7 years 6 months
league-curriculum/python-modules
Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
Home of all our python modules. To begin with, this will just be the workshop.
Contributions:2 reviews, 70 PRs, 157 pushes in 1 year 8 months
pythonbeginworkshoppython-modulespython-3
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