Jacob Birkett
Consultation Agent
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Birkett is a systems-focused software developer with a decade of hands-on experience building maintainable backend and embedded solutions, centered on Rust, Nix, and Linux. Currently working as a Consultation Agent while having shipped embedded firmware and taught programming privately, he combines customer-facing troubleshooting with low-level engineering discipline. A self-starter who has freelanced and contributed to FOSS for fun, Jacob emphasizes quality-by-design and reproducible toolchains. Based in Phoenix, he pairs practical repair diagnostics with research-minded curiosity—approaching problems with the philosophy that "science is the scrutiny of magic."
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at CREST Specialty SchoolHigh School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Paradise Valley High School
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Github Skills (200)
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proton10
xcb10
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openvsx10
animated10
visual-studio10
cpp10
tweet10
browser10
aseprite10
data-storage10
draw10
prettier-eslint10
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Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
spikespaz/threedeethings
Sep 2018 - Aug 2023
A repository for 3D models created with OpenSCAD--a programmer's CAD software--for personal or public use. Some of these models are only useful to yours truly; others may be useful to you as well.
Contributions:1 PR, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
3d-modelscadopenscad3d-printingdxf
spikespaz-contrib/nixpkgs
Oct 2022 - Nov 2024
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:48 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 1 month
nixosnix-packages
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