Eric Smith
Software Crafter at 8th Light
Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEric Smith is a Software Crafter with 13+ years of experience building high-quality custom software across web, iOS, and .NET platforms, currently crafting solutions at 8th Light. He pairs hands-on development with team leadership—training, coaching, and mentoring apprentices to raise engineering standards. Earlier roles at Siemens Building Technologies and Mission Studios gave him deep experience in embedded and tooling domains, including mission editor development. A DePaul alumnus with both a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Video Game Development, he blends rigorous CS fundamentals with creative product thinking. Based in Vernon Hills, Illinois, he’s known for pragmatic craftsmanship: shipping maintainable code while cultivating technical growth in others. An often-overlooked strength is his multi-decade perspective on evolving platforms, enabling thoughtful technology choices rather than chasing trends.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at DePaul University30x500
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Github Skills (200)
rust10
webassembly10
atom-plugin10
game-engine9
vscode-plugin9
languagetool9
koan9
coc-nvim9
coverage9
language-server-protocol9
fable9
game-development9
migration9
intellisense9
language-server9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
paytonrules/blackjack
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:83 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
paytonrules/PointerKoan
Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
I wrote a simple pointer koan in C, to practice my pointer arithmetic. I might make it more extensive.
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 2 years 10 months
arithmetickoanpointer
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