Micah Johnston
Programmer at Disbelief
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Johnston is a seasoned programmer with 13 years of experience, currently building interactive experiences and systems at Disbelief in Chicago. His background includes software engineering roles at Google and WB Games/Avalanche, giving him a blend of large-scale product development and game-industry real-time systems expertise. Trained in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of Utah, he brings analytical rigor to practical engineering problems. Known for moving between fast-paced studio environments and rigorous engineering orgs, he excels at shipping reliable, performant code under tight timelines. Though not highly public on GitHub, his career trajectory suggests strong proficiency in systems and gameplay programming complemented by product-focused engineering.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
Github Skills (80)
rendering10
clap10
audio10
rust10
vst10
blender10
simulation10
plugin10
javascript9
vector-graphics9
phaser9
opengl-context9
canvas9
webgl9
compiler8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
micahrj/ochre
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
high-quality anti-aliased vector graphics rendering on the GPU
Contributions:2 releases, 86 commits, 57 pushes in 1 year 7 months
gpurenderingvector-graphics
micahrj/micahrj.github.io
Dec 2019 - Aug 2025
Contributions:35 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 8 months
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