Garrett Drake
Software Engineer
Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolGarrett Drake is a full-stack software engineer based in Michigan with eight years of practical experience and a strong focus on backend, embedded systems, and network engineering. He actively builds Rust projects, maintains a technical blog, and manages a NixOS workstation—signals of a developer who values reproducibility and low-level control. Garrett contributes to open-source and enjoys bridging software with hardware, bringing systems-thinking to everyday engineering problems. His background includes formal study in applied computer science and hands-on roles outside tech that reinforced attention to processes, documentation, and operational safety. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs pragmatic implementation skills with curiosity-driven tinkering that surfaces elegant, maintainable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Computer Science: Programming in Java, 3.75 GPA, Associate's degree, Computer Science: Programming in Java, 3.75 GPA at Washtenaw Community CollegeComputer Science Applied, Computer Science Applied at Eastern Michigan University
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Github Skills (66)
cms10
spotify-api10
rust-lang10
markdown10
pathofexile10
compiler10
site-generator10
rust10
content-management-system10
blog-engine10
tera10
static-site10
static-site-generation10
world-of-warcraft10
textile10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
parrotflakes/modeling
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
massivebird/arcstat
May 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 releases, 81 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year 10 months
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