Jim Hodapp
Founder & Head Coach at Refactor Group
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Hodapp is a founder, coach, and lifelong programmer with 12 years of hands-on engineering and leadership experience, now running Refactor Group in Chicago to help engineers and engineering leaders level up both technical foundations and high-leverage professional skills. He has led engineering teams and strategy across product and hardware-integrated SaaS at companies like CityBase and Canonical, with deep experience in languages and systems ranging from C++ and Ruby on Rails to Elixir and Kubernetes. Jim’s background includes embedded and multimedia systems work—implementing hardware-accelerated video stacks and device middleware—which gives him rare fluency across low-level drivers and cloud-native architectures. As a coach he emphasizes mindset, communication, and career transitions as much as architecture and open source contribution, blending pragmatic technical mentorship with leadership development. Based in Chicago, he brings an engineer’s rigor to coaching, helping clients translate complex technical skills into visible career impact. An understated strength is his track record of shipping across diverse domains, from IoT and media to public-sector integrations.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering at Indiana University IndianapolisBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Purdue UniversityElectrical Engineering & Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Butler University
English
Github Skills (103)
ubuntu10
backend10
snap10
rust10
typescript-react10
javascript9
file-sharing9
argon9
compiler9
spi9
photon9
collaboration9
particle9
self-hosting9
federation9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Jim-Hodapp-Coaching/ambi
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
An Elixir-based IoT ambient room sensor web service (backend + frontend).
Contributions:7 reviews, 12 PRs, 19 pushes in 11 months
ambientphoenix-frameworkjavascriptelixirroom
Jim-Hodapp-Coaching/esp32-pico-wifi
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
A Rust driver proof-of-concept for the Pimoroni ESP32 WiFi pack.
Contributions:22 reviews, 97 commits, 23 PRs in 4 months
spiwifirp2040driverraspberry-pi-pico
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