Joe Shepherd
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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SeniorJoe Shepherd is a software engineer in Nashville with 12 years of experience who blends a background in media and education with modern web development to make information accessible and engaging. He has taught and mentored dozens of students as an instructor at Nashville Software School and now applies that pedagogy to building front-end driven products at Strata Decision Technology. His career began in storytelling and production—voice acting, radio, and health communications—which informs a user-focused approach to UI and content delivery. Comfortable across JavaScript, HTML/CSS, and Rails-adjacent stacks, he pairs practical engineering with clear communication to solve product problems. An educator-turned-developer, he brings rare empathy for learners and content creators when designing web experiences.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (129)
python10
backend10
django10
sql10
server-side10
user-experience10
nss10
pattern9
planet9
csharp9
web-development8
react8
typescript8
javascript7
electron7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nashville-software-school/front-end-milestones
Jan 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:30 PRs, 61 pushes, 30 branches in 4 years 5 months
front-endjavascriptlearning-resourcesnss
nashville-software-school/lightning-exercises
Mar 2018 - Dec 2020
Small lightning exercises that students can accomplish in a matter of minutes
Contributions:8 PRs, 13 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 8 months
lightningmatterbitcoinminutes
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