Eric Strathmeyer
Principal at Vawks
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Strathmeyer is a principal software engineer in San Francisco with 15 years of experience building database-driven web applications, primarily using Ruby on Rails and Ember. He has led and shipped cross-border product launches and complex migrations at companies like Square, Gusto, and Jane Technologies while mentoring junior engineers. Comfortable across many languages (from JavaScript and Python to Go and Erlang), he pairs deep hands-on engineering with excellent communication and a knack for breaking down complex topics for teams and stakeholders. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved documentation for notable tools like Docco, reflecting a dedication to clarity and developer experience beyond code.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Boston University AcademyLexington Christian AcademyBachelors Computer Science, Bachelors Computer Science at Dartmouth College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
literate-programming10
documentation10
javascript8
coffeescript8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jashkenas/docco
Dec 2010 - Nov 2011
Literate Programming can be Quick and Dirty.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the repository by modifying the `index.html` and `docco.coffee` files, updating the documentation. Their changes focused on clarifying the usage of Docco, including the support for JavaScript files and the command-line usage. Further edits added a meta generator tag and incorporated other related tools.
literate-programmingdirtyprogramming-languageliterate
strathmeyer/middleman-listpages
Mar 2013 - Mar 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 7 years
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