Michael Sands
Owner at Generic Game
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolMichael Sands is a pragmatic software engineer and entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience building and maintaining complex systems across telco and web domains. He progressed from low-level C++/Java work on Solaris-based telephony products (charging, provisioning, messaging) at eServGlobal/Oracle to modern web development with Ruby on Rails, PHP and JavaScript at Sharesight and through his current venture, Generic Game. Comfortable across the full stack and lifecycle, he pairs systems-level understanding of real-time, high-availability services with hands-on product delivery for web platforms. Based in Wellington, he brings a rare combination of legacy telecom expertise and contemporary web engineering, plus an academic background in computer science and philosophy/politics that helps him navigate technical tradeoffs and stakeholder needs.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (17)
web-application10
marketing10
pocketmine10
ruby-wrapper8
xero-api7
xero7
api5
rails-api4
ruby4
api-builder4
ruby-on-rails3
hotel-booking3
rails2
coercion2
tabletop2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sharesight/www.sharesight.com
Nov 2017 - May 2020
The Marketing site for Sharesight
Contributions:18380 commits, 31 PRs, 17590 pushes in 2 years 6 months
sharesightpocketmineweb-applicationmarketingmarketing-site
michael-sands/generic_games_site
Jan 2015 - Mar 2023
Contributions:145 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 3 months
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