Summary
Rob Van Der Linde is an experienced Open Source Software Analyst Programmer based in Wellington, New Zealand, with over two decades of hands-on development across web and native applications. He specializes in C++ and Qt for desktop/linux development and Python with Django for web backends, while also maintaining fluency in Go, JavaScript, PHP and legacy Delphi/Pascal. At Catalyst IT he focuses on open-source solutions and manages several smaller projects (hosted under gitlab.com/go-box), blending product maintenance with practical DevOps and Linux scripting. His background includes embedded-style display systems and in-shed agricultural software, reflecting a talent for applied engineering in niche domains. Colleagues value him for steady, full-stack problem solving and a pragmatic commitment to web standards and maintainable cross-platform code.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BIT, Information Technology, BIT, Information Technology at Wellington Institute of Technology