Fullstack software engineer, husband, cat-dad
I write clean code, make friends with everyone, and love my life.
I'm a fullstack software engineer. My first ever experience with code was in in 2008 by building desktop apps in visual basic for a class in school. In 2019, I got a renewed interest in coding and taught mysely Python and web development using Udemy and YouTube.
In early 2020 I went much further into web development. I taught myself JavaScript, and I officially started my career as a professional developer later that year. I worked as a software engineer for a small law-firm management company. I realized there was so much I needed to learn, so in 2021 I left for a coding bootcamp.
I graduated from General Assembly in December 2021, and in January I got a job as a Full Stack Software Engineer for a company called HireArt. It was a Ruby on Rails place with JavaScript & React on the front-end. I spent a few years there and learned a ton from the many talented Senior developers. I left in early 2024 for my current company, Hello Moon.
Hello moon is a web3 company that operates primarly on the Solana network. I do mostly backend development in TypeScript, though recently I've been doing some front-end work in React with NextJS.
My strongest assets for a development team are my ability to work well with people of any personality type, do test-driven-development, and design system architecture.
Here are some of my proficiencies
| Languages | Technologies | Strengths |
|---|---|---|
| TypeScript | React | Writing Clean Code |
| Python | NexJS & NestJs | Shipping code quickly |
| Ruby | Ruby on Rails | Being fun to work with |
| SQL | Django | Systems architecture |
| JavaScript | Crypto | Making jokes at the wrong time |
Here are some of my old projects I've worked on:
Disclaimer - The database these projects are using is no longer being paid for and Heroku has ceased their free plan, so projects with heroku deployments and MongoDB databases no longer have functioning deployments, though the code is still visible.
Here’s what people have to say about Ryan:
Software Engineer @ DOW Jones
"I mean... he’s ok, I guess. He’s not the brightest guy, but at least he’s friendly."
Ryan's Mom
"Ryan is so smart! He is really good with computers. He always knows how to fix mine. He's always fun to be around. He should maybe call his parents more though."
Speech Pathologist & Software Engineer
"Ehh. Ryan is somewhere in-between what Kyle stated and what his Mom said. Don’t get me wrong, he’s my husband and I love him, but after being married to him for more than 5-years, I’ve really learned that you can love someone without always liking them."