Peter Fein¶
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Peter Fein¶
Self appointed caretaker of Concurrency sub-community.
Résumé¶
I excel at using computers to solve real-world problems. I bridge the divide between developers and everyone else. I help ideas take form and processes improve. I hack Python.
Skills¶
Python expert (7 years): hacking & optimization, testing, debugging, runtime analysis, metaprogramming
experienced in systems architecture, debugging & analysis
clear code organization, problem research and specification
distributed computing: concurrency, network programming
deep understanding of HTTP and RESTful architecture
machine learning and full text search
storage technologies: SQL, ORMs, NoSQL
regular expressions and text processing
familiar with UNIX / Linux internals
basic system administration
some HTML & CSS
bicycle maintenance and repair
cook a tasty dinner
Open Source¶
I regularly attend and present at ChiPy and PyCon
Software¶
PlayerPiano: tool for giving better presentations using an interactive shell
Twiggy: a more Pythonic logger
Factory: object-oriented approach to partial function application (currying)
Employment History¶
CTO Juju.com 2004-2009, telecommute¶
built job search engine from prototype to millions of unique users/month
managed a team of 5 in a virtual office environment, using best practice startup techniques
oversaw several redesigns and major functionality additions
made most major architectural decisions, wrote & maintained a large portion of code
codebase >100K lines, almost entirely in Python
helped clarify and develop business goals & strategy, designed & implemented technical solutions
Full Resume¶
Education¶
Continuing¶
David Beazley’s small, intense classes explore advanced programming techniques and the inner workings of Python.
Python Concurrency Workshop - April 2009
Python 3 I/0 - February 2009
Jamming with Django - June 2010
Advanced Python Mastery - August 2010
University of Chicago 1996-2000¶
B.A. Economics
B.A. Computer Science