Jeff Sikes
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Sikes is an Engineering Manager based in Austin, Texas with over a decade of experience blending software leadership and non-profit association management. He holds an MS focused on Psychology of Learning and Computer Interaction, which informs a human-centered approach to team coaching, product decisions, and UX-adjacent engineering tradeoffs. Known as a "coder and manager of coders," Jeff balances hands-on technical oversight with people leadership—mentoring engineers while keeping delivery and quality predictable. His background in psychology gives him an edge in designing effective collaboration patterns and onboarding processes that reduce cognitive load for teams. Outside of work he’s a collector of dog fibers, a detail that hints at a patient, curious personality and an affinity for tactile hobbies.
10 years of coding experience
Masters of Science Psychology of Learning Computer Interaction, Masters of Science Psychology of Learning Computer Interaction at University of North TexasBachelor of Science Psychology, Bachelor of Science Psychology at Lyon College
English
Github Skills (48)
docker10
twitter10
mastodon10
indieweb10
nimble10
mastodon-app9
microblogging9
pixelfed9
federation9
activitypub9
mastodon-api9
swiftui9
swift9
surface8
webfinger8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jeffsikes/box464-lab-eleventy-spiderpig
Feb 2023 - Apr 2026
A tutorial to learn about eleventy-fetch using the Marvel comics API
Contributions:1 review, 9 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 years 1 month
eleventyeleventy-fetchmarvel-api
jeffsikes/Powershell-PDFExport
Aug 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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