Julian Hershey
Observatory Assistant
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Hershey is an observatory assistant and software engineer with 14 years of combined experience in astronomy-focused public outreach and Android application development. Comfortable shipping features, fixing bugs, and improving UX for internal point-of-sale and inventory systems, he pairs practical programming skills in C++ and Kotlin with strong Git and Office proficiency. His background as a physics tutor and teaching assistant reflects deep subject-matter knowledge in Earth science, astrophysics, and quantum mechanics, which he brings to public observing events and informal education. Julian’s blend of hands-on telescope work and software delivery shows a rare cross-disciplinary comfort between technical engineering and science communication. He’s motivated by big-picture questions—hoping to witness a Theory of Everything—while steadily contributing to reliable, user-focused systems.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Physics, Bachelor’s Degree Physics at Georgia Southern University
English, French
Github Skills (22)
simulator9
simulation9
artificial-life8
evolution8
ai7
neural-network6
python5
minecraft5
glut3
freeglut3
buttons3
source-port2
radio-buttons2
glfw2
spinners2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GhengopelALPHA/scriptbots
Jan 2012 - Dec 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 74 commits, 12 PRs in 5 years
evolution-simulatorpythonevolutionartificialsimulation
GhengopelALPHA/Evagents
Dec 2016 - Dec 2022
A "Natural" Selection Simulator using Neural Nets
Contributions:4 releases, 86 commits, 6 PRs in 6 years
netsneural-netssimulationsimulatorneural-network
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