John Fernandez
Science, Math, ACT, SAT Tutor At Forgoine Tutoring
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Fernandez is a math-forward software practitioner and educator with 11 years of experience blending classroom instruction and hands-on development. He has built and scaled a pilot high-school computer science program for 200+ students, taught math and introductory coding, and applies an economics-trained analytical mindset to algorithm design and data projects. Recently certified across Python, SQL, DevOps and CI/CD, he contributes to open-source game engine work—fixing bugs and improving performance in the well-known FreeSpace 2 Open project. Comfortable moving between tutoring, data acquisition for nonprofits, and backend engineering, he’s as adept at explaining race conditions to students as he is at hardening networking and AI subsystems. Based in Raleigh, he brings a decade-long habit of self-driven coding paired with practical data and workflow automation experience.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Business/Managerial Economics, Bachelor's degree, Business/Managerial Economics at University of South FloridaCertificate of Honors, Backend, SQL and DevOps with Python, Certificate of Honors, Backend, SQL and DevOps with Python at Nucamp Coding Bootcamp
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
code-optimization10
c-language10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
networking9
ai9
system8
systemc8
sys8
ui-design8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
Origin Repository for SCP FreeSpace 2 Open
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1310 reviews, 316 commits, 589 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:John primarily focused on addressing and resolving issues related to code and performance within the FreeSpace 2 Open project. Their contributions involved fixing bugs and improving code quality. They modified specific files related to game statistics, networking, AI, UI, and weapon systems, which included adding checks to avoid potential crashes.
scpfreespace
JohnAFernandez/FSO-Table-Documentation-Worker
Jun 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:174 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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