Jelani Woods
Software Developer at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJelani Woods is a software developer based in Chicago with a decade of experience building and teaching technology across academia and industry. Currently at First Draft, he pairs hands-on development with ongoing faculty coaching at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, blending product delivery with pedagogy. His background spans roles from technical lead and lead developer to adjunct instructor at Northwestern and NYU, demonstrating an ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences. Comfortable across code and classroom, Jelani brings practical mentorship skills to engineering teams and a track record of shipping projects in education and nonprofit contexts. Off the clock he’s a self-described “enjoyer of non-browser based cookies,” hinting at a playful curiosity that fuels both his technical and teaching work.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at New York UniversityHigh School, High School at Morgan Park Academy
English
Github Skills (81)
disposable10
theia10
jetbrains10
provisioning10
code-review10
dev-environment10
remote-development10
gitpod10
devcontainer10
vscode10
goodies10
ide10
editor9
wrapping9
rails-generators9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
appdev-projects/msm-gui-pre-summer2020
Nov 2019 - Jun 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
appdev-projects/omnicalc-2
May 2020 - Nov 2023
Contributions:12 PRs, 38 pushes, 21 branches in 3 years 6 months
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