Derek Song
Computer Science & Music Faculty at Derek Song
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Song is a multidisciplinary software engineer and educator with 11 years of experience building interactive systems across web, embedded, and game platforms while teaching computer science and music to high school students. As co-owner of Tiny Warrior Games and an independent product designer, he has shipped games to consoles and mobile, designed custom digital instruments, and accumulated over 19 million YouTube views for live-performance tech demos. He teaches practical coding—JavaScript, Java, C/C++ and microcontroller work—through project-based curricula that emphasize systems thinking, iteration, and collaboration. A Georgia Tech MS in Computer Science and a Berklee degree in Electronic Production & Design underscore his rare blend of technical depth and creative practice. Equally comfortable debugging firmware on a Teensy as crafting music visualization tools, he also consults for music-tech brands and blends photography and Ubuntu/ThinkPad pragmatism into his maker-oriented workflow.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Glenbrook South High SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyOakton CollegeBachelor of Arts, Electronic Production & Design, Bachelor of Arts, Electronic Production & Design at Berklee College of Music
Github Skills (30)
docker-image10
jstree10
snapcraft10
console9
kanban9
javascript9
camelcase9
sandstorm9
json9
transifex9
command-line9
windows-terminal8
cmd8
vscode-plugin8
windows8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
derek-s/Rail-Photo-Statistics-APP
May 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 2 months
derek-s/FlickrDownleader
Mar 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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