Taylor Shephard
Instructor Software Engineer at Operation Spark
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTaylor Shephard is an Instructor Software Engineer based in New Orleans with eight years of full‑stack web development experience, teaching and building production applications at Operation Spark since 2018. They blend hands‑on engineering with pedagogy, mentoring aspiring developers while maintaining real‑world codebases and curricula. Comfortable across front‑end and back‑end concerns, Taylor brings practical classroom-tested patterns to software projects, helping teams translate concepts into maintainable systems. Their background in communication and computer software engineering informs a clear, user‑centered approach to technical instruction and collaboration. Notably, Taylor pairs community-focused teaching with ongoing development work, making them equally effective as a builder and educator.
8 years of coding experience
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Operation SparkCommunication, General, Communication, General at Southeastern Louisiana University
Github Skills (12)
organize8
journal6
boilerplate5
meteor-package4
react4
frontend3
meteor3
flow-router3
javascript3
router2
content-management2
content-management-system1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
taylorshephard/Fiesta
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:58 pushes, 13 branches in 17 days
taylorshephard/tango.github.io
Feb 2021 - Oct 2021
Cohort November
Contributions:258 pushes in 7 months
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