Dave Follett
Tech Lead, Senior Sofware Engineer at Hearst Autos
Oxford Charter Township, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Follett is a tech lead and senior software engineer based in Metro Detroit with two decades of professional experience and a formal Computer Science background from Michigan State University. Currently leading engineering at Hearst Autos, he progressed through roles from software engineer to tech lead, blending hands-on development with team leadership and delivery ownership. His long tenure at Oasis Advanced Engineering reflects deep research-oriented problem solving and the ability to translate complex technical challenges into production software. A lifelong tinkerer who emphasizes continuous learning (LEARN.ALWAYS), he balances rigorous engineering with practical curiosity and is also a father of two—bringing steady, real-world perspective to building reliable systems.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (53)
open-source10
rails10
ruby10
podcast10
windows-subsystem-for-linux10
js10
typescript9
vue9
react9
git-workflow8
agentic8
bash7
linux7
rust6
shell6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
davefollett/advent-of-code
Nov 2019 - Nov 2024
Dave Follett's Advent of Code Solutions.
Contributions:111 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
rustfollettjavascriptpython
davefollett/JavaScript30
Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
30 Day Vanilla JS Challenge
Contributions:36 commits, 14 PRs, 21 pushes in 6 months
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