I'm looking for work, please boost!

I'm a senior software engineer with 35 years of experience. I've worked across an unusually wide range of domains: mobile game backends, privacy-preserving data platforms, high-throughput COVID testing infrastructure, email and account systems, e-payment processing, job marketplace systems, and bioinformatics. I pick up new domains quickly and have a track record of doing it repeatedly. I understand how to turn business needs into engineering requirements.

I've worked remotely since the 1990s and can operate with minimal supervision. I don't need hand-holding to find the right problem to solve. Several of my most valued projects were self-directed: I identified the need, built the thing, and shipped it.

Some of the technologies I'm familiar with include: Python, Perl, TypeScript/JavaScript, Haskell, Go, C, Java. Postgres, MySQL, SQLite. Flask, SQLAlchemy. AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS, SQS, EC2). Docker, Git. Github and Gitlab.

I've also repeatedly picked up new languages and stacks as needed: Haskell for differential privacy research, TypeScript for a 24/7 AWS Lambda system, Flask for my most recent employer. I've become productive with new systems over and over, and I can do it quickly.

I'm also a published author (Higher-Order Perl, Morgan Kaufmann), longtime blogger, and conference speaker with a reputation for making complex ideas clear.

My résumé is at https://plover.com/~mjd/cv/Mark%20Jason%20Dominus.pdf

[email protected]

Thanks for your attention!

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@mjd Boosting for reach: software engineer, 35 years experience, seeking work. Multiple languages and domains attest to being quick to learn. Many other valuable attributes. #FediHire

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@rythur

Hello Mark!

Fellow Perlster here, been doing Perl since 1995, and am familiar with your involvement in the Perl community.

While we are sitting around spinning our wheels, waiting to get hired, why don't we invest a few full-time/part-time cycles in an employee-owned, egalitarian, co-op? Co-operatives are the way of the future, the way the job market is.

It's based around your time and convenience. Everyone gets an equal share, equal say, equal pay, from the first day. Our incentives are aligned in the shared success.

This venture is getting off the ground, so as of right now, no revenue, no pay. Treat it like a Dojo to keep your skills sharp, while looking for a paying gig. And hey, maybe it will succeed, and become a paying job.

This page is what I have so far. And a linked promo video ( for a idea that needs revision ). And a company registered in Hawai'i.

It's a derailed and stalled effort that I am getting back on track.

Do share your thoughts. PR's and PR efforts welcome.  

https://gitlab.com/we-glue-earth/we.glue.earth

Here's a very rough outline of the vision map. Subject to revision, because if you join, you get an equal say in it.

https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-web

Excited to hear your thoughts on this!

~ Ashwin.

we-glue-earth / we.glue.earth · GitLab

A worker owned co-operative.

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@mjd good luck, the current tech hiring landscape is *wild*
@mjd Best of luck. It's hell out there right now.