Galen Reed
Information Technology Help Desk Lead
Sydney, New South Wales, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGalen Reed is an IT Help Desk Lead transitioning into software engineering with eight years of hands-on technical support experience and current training in Flatiron School’s Computer Software Engineering program. He pairs a user-focused troubleshooting mindset from IT leadership with practical coding skills, contributing to open-source projects like NvChad where he improved Neovim terminal workflows and keybindings. Based in Sydney, Galen brings a unique background—Virginia Tech dairy science roots and veterinary assistant experience—that informs his practical, service-oriented approach to problem solving. He’s driven by curiosity and adaptability, eager to build efficient, user-friendly applications and collaborate on teams that value continuous learning.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree Dairy Science, Bachelor's degree Dairy Science at Virginia TechComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Github Skills (7)
neovim10
lua10
plug10
dotfile10
plugin10
vim9
vi9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NvChad/NvChad
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 27 commits, 27 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Galen primarily contributed to the Neovim configuration framework, making changes to mappings, utilities, and plugin configurations. They focused on improving the user experience through terminal enhancements, buffer management, and keybinding adjustments. Their work included implementing features such as persistent terminals and integrating the toggleterm plugin, enhancing the overall usability of the Neovim environment. The user also refactored configuration files and improved terminal functionality.
neovim-luavimneovim-configneovimricing
G-Rowell/NvChad
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022
A fork of NvChad for contributing & my custom setup
Contributions:4 PRs, 133 pushes, 26 branches in 1 year 1 month
nvchad
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