Eric O'rear
Founder at Syntax Writing Group
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric O'rear is a founder and technical content specialist with nine years of experience helping early- to mid-stage tech startups turn complex product ideas into clear, usable content and performant front-end experiences. Based in Berkeley, he combines hands-on front-end development (React/Redux) and web design with product marketing and developer-focused education, having led web and content efforts at Lightstep and NodeSource. He founded Syntax Writing Group to provide scalable content solutions that minimize overhead for fast-moving engineering teams. Eric's background in English and full‑stack bootcamp training lets him bridge technical nuance and accessible messaging, and he applies data-driven methods like A/B testing to iterate UX and content. An aspiring mountain climber, he brings a pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach to problems that demand both technical rigor and storytelling.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English at Florida State UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Dev Bootcamp
English, Spanish
Github Skills (28)
opentelemetry9
tinder8
documentation8
gcloud8
estate8
otel7
appengine6
google6
google-cloud-platform6
azure-cosmos-db6
nodejs5
cloud-platform5
google-cloud5
gcp5
azure-functions4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ejoreo/phase-0-tracks
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:115 PRs, 80 pushes, 47 branches in 1 month
ejoreo/sample-nodejs-k8s
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 14 PRs, 14 pushes in 5 days
deploymentnode-jsdockerkubernetesnodejs
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