James Logsdon is a University of Iowa sophomore double-majoring in Finance and Marketing with a minor in Sport and Recreation Management, bringing a strong affinity for numerical problem-solving to customer-facing roles. Based in Boston, he has 16 years of hands-on experience in hospitality and event operations—currently bartending for the Iowa Cubs—where he hones multitasking, inventory control, and high-volume customer service. His leadership as a stand lead and event staff shows an ability to manage teams and logistics under pressure, while hosting roles emphasize polished communication and guest experience. Outside hospitality, he contributes to open-source developer tools, improving CLI usability and back-end features, reflecting a technical curiosity not typical for business majors. James is a hardworking, organized collaborator eager to translate practical service and technical experience into business and sport management opportunities.
16 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Business, Sport and Recreation Management, Bachelor's degree, Business, Sport and Recreation Management at University of Iowa
A collection of tools to help with PHP command line utilities
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:57 commits in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the development of command-line tools for PHP. Their work involved refactoring and improving existing code, including the implementation of a tabular display feature. The user also added functionality for colorized output and enhanced the progress bar and other display features. Furthermore, the user added an argument parsing engine and refactored the tabular display, highlighting core contributions to the functionality of the command line tools.
Memory hacking library for Dwarf Fortress and a set of tools that use it
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:James contributed significantly to the DFHack project, focusing on enhancing the manipulator plugin. Their work involved adding new functionality such as custom profession templates, view modes, and sorting options for unit details. The contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of the Dwarf Fortress memory hacking library and related C++ code. Furthermore, the user's changes improved the user interface and user experience of the manipulator tools.
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