Scott Barbour
Associate Engineer
Wilmington, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Barbour is an experienced software professional with 14 years in engineering and a 25+-year background in professional development, currently serving as an Associate Engineer at Ulta Beauty in Wilmington, Illinois. He has delivered inventory management systems and led the MCUpdater project while contributing to notable open-source work such as BuildCraft, focusing on backend fixes and gameplay functionality. His career spans roles from systems administration and applications development to IT operations and enterprise scheduling, giving him a strong operational and full‑lifecycle perspective. Comfortable bridging hands‑on coding with operational support, he often surfaces practical fixes that improve reliability and developer ergonomics.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
None, Computer Science, None, Computer Science at Joliet Junior CollegeNone, Computer Science, None, Computer Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (19)
minecraft-forge10
forge10
java10
javas10
minecraft-fabric10
algorithm7
algorithms7
data-structure7
data-structures7
multiprocessing6
grouping6
internet-explorer6
mime-types6
binder6
vbnet6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
BuildCraft/BuildCraft
Nov 2012 - Jan 2016
BuildCraft
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 5 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to bug fixes and minor feature enhancements within the BuildCraft mod. Their work included correcting imports, addressing issues with grass block harvesting, adding support for new block types, and improving variable naming in crafting code. The contributions focus on improving the core functionality and addressing identified issues within the game mod.
minecraftmodbuildcraftjavaforge
MCUpdater/pack-optional
Mar 2019 - May 2024
Contributions:4 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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