Josh Nygaard
Product Technician at Burr Technology
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJosh Nygaard is a product-focused software engineer and recent Computer Science graduate from Michigan Technological University, now working as a Product Technician in Minneapolis. He brings a decade of hands-on experience shaped by projects in C, Java, and Python across game development, networking, and practical application builds. Josh pairs technical curiosity—sparked by reverse-engineering games—with a strong coaching background, having supported peers and students as a success coach and mentor. Comfortable translating user needs into working solutions, he has experience in both engineering internships and product-facing roles and begins full-time product work in September 2025. Colleagues describe him as creatively analytical and culturally self-aware, a developer who blends technical depth with a knack for helping others succeed.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Michigan Technological University
Github Skills (7)
stellaris10
paradox-interactive9
paradox8
json8
txt8
regex8
python7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
joshnygaard/paradox-reader
Aug 2018 - Jul 2022
Python module to read Paradox .txt files
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 3 years 11 months
paradox-interactivetxttxt-filespythonstellaris
joshnygaard/hugo-joshnygaard.com
Jul 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
nextjs
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