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<a href="/work/looking_for_work.html"><b>Looking for Work</b></a> — software, sysadmin, other — €30/hr — <i>2hr free!</i>
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<h2 id="orgd6d06ed">Looking for Work</h2>
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<h3 id="org1f92b1d">About Me</h3>
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I&rsquo;m Akk0, long-term enthusiast software developer, sysadmin, freelancer and this website&rsquo;s webmaster. I&rsquo;ve been at this computer thing for a while &#x2014; my first <code>dist-upgrade</code> was Linux Mint 15 &ldquo;Olivia&rdquo; in 2013 &#x2014; and I am currently actively looking for work on a freelance, contract or part-time basis, full remote or partially on-site in the Paris area<sup><a id="fnr.1" class="footref" href="#fn.1" role="doc-backlink">1</a></sup>; I also accept full-time offers.
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In order to rapidly build connections and get the ball rolling, I am currently offering my skills at a low, flat rate of <i>€30 per hour.</i> Additionally, I am offering <b>2 hours</b> of <i>no strings attached free labour</i> to anyone reading this <i>for free</i> &#x2014; please do keep reading!
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<h3 id="org731e85b">Services Offered</h3>
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My specialisation is in end-to-end, start to finish software development; taking software from idea to specification and through implementation to clean, finished, deployed and of course well-documented product. The independence and flexibility on which I pride myself can be put to many uses, however, and jobs I would love to do for example include:
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<li>Finding, triaging and fixing bugs in existing applications as well as executing refactors;</li>
<li>Deploying, configuring and integrating new tools, dependencies and APIs into existing systems;</li>
<li>Writing, testing and improving documentation and installation instructions &#x2014; never underestimate the value of fresh eyes!;</li>
<li>Analyzing requirements, breaking tasks down, prioritizing, determining feasibility and putting ideas in the wider context of existing technology.</li>
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I especially love working with small businesses and individuals, as well as empowering fundamentally non-software businesses where a little bit of tech can often go a long way. Please don&rsquo;t hesitate, but feel free to reach out immediately with requests of the following kind as well:
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<li><i>I am trying to install some program, but I cannot get it to work, can you help me?</i>;</li>
<li><i>I am new to programming or system administration, can you mentor me? What software should I use? What is idiomatic style?</i> &#x2013; Mind that I was Lead Teaching Assistant in University!;</li>
<li><i>There&rsquo;s a problem I want to solve, does any software exist to do this? How hard would such software be to implement? What should my budget be, or somebody is offering this for $X, is that reasonable?</i>;</li>
<li><i>I have a question that interests me, can you help me collect data to answer it? Can you help me design a survey or scrape the web? Can you scientifically analyze and informatively visualize data for me?</i></li>
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<b>Note: I am currently not looking for employment in the cryptocurrency sector.</b>
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<h3 id="org02c296f">Two Hours Free!</h3>
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As an offer of goodwill, I am currently offering up to <b>2 hours</b> of work <i>entirely free, with no obligations, no strings attached</i>; simply contact me using the contact information below. Time starts from the moment I start reading your email and includes communication time, so try to be detailed!
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<h3 id="org46b81da">Contact Me</h3>
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To inquire further, contact me at <b>akk0</b> <i>{at}</i> <b>webbieweb</b> <i>{dot}</i> <b>org</b> and tell me:
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<li>How you found this website;</li>
<li>A little bit about yourself;</li>
<li>What it is that you wish to know, or how I can help you.</li>
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I am of course more than willing to jump on a call to discuss or just to prove I&rsquo;m not a North Korean agent. I can also provide my name and VAT ID on request.
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<h3 id="org412283f">Qualifications and Accomplishments</h3>
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<i>Main page: <a href="./portfolio.html">portfolio</a>; under construction.</i>
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My professional career, although fragmented, spans over a decade &#x2014; the first professional development work I remember doing was Minecraft (Bukkit) server plugin development ca. 2014-2015. I&rsquo;ve been using GNU/Linux as desktop OS for a few years longer than that and administered servers for about as long. Some of my skills include:
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<li>Full-stack web development including Vue and React;</li>
<li>Software development in Python, Javascript/Typescript, Clojure, Java, as well as basic C and Haskell skills (studied but not applied at scale);</li>
<li>GNU/Linux server administration (including e.g. <a href="../projects/tenma/readme.html">the Tenma intranet</a>);</li>
<li>Database scales, including Postgres, MongoDB, and arguably the greatest database of all, Sqlite;</li>
<li>Blockchain stuff like integrations and smart contract development, although I am not seeking employment in that field at this moment;</li>
<li>Data analysis and the Scientific Python stack, data visualization;</li>
<li>Machine learning;</li>
<li>Web scraping;</li>
<li>Many others.</li>
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I hold a BSc in Computing Science with a thesis in image vectorization using machine learning; my thesis was graded with honors and cited in further research.
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I worked extensively as Teaching Assistant at university, also taking on double positions and/or repeatedly taking the role of Lead TA for several courses.
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Larger projects I&rsquo;ve done include:
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<li><a href="./toshokan_retrospective.html">Toshokan.moe</a>, a website/startup I co-founded to host an extensive database of anime/manga/games, allowing users to keep lists of what they&rsquo;ve consumed with a grading system, and notably featuring a machine learning recommender system utilizing the user&rsquo;s list as well as ~/100 million/ rows of web-scraped data.</li>
<li><a href="./eris_retrospective.html">Eris</a>, an experimental reddit-style social platform. Eris&rsquo; was completely decentralized with all state being held on the Solana blockchain and IPFS and all business logic being implemented as smart contracts self-funding through nanotransactions. Eris&rsquo; primary innovation was replacing the traditional upvote/downvote system with a bidding system that rewarded discovering valuable content before it got popular &#x2014; an interesting social experiment that unfortunately stranded at the MVP stage.</li>
<li><a href="./crypto_contracting_reflections.html">Extensive contracting in the cryptocurrency sector</a>.</li>
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This is in addition to numerous minor programs, contracts, data science/scientific jobs etcetera.
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<h2 class="footnotes">Footnotes: </h2>
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<div class="footdef"><sup><a id="fn.1" class="footnum" href="#fnr.1" role="doc-backlink">1</a></sup> <div class="footpara" role="doc-footnote"><p class="footpara">Although do mind that my French skills albeit improving are still rather minimal.</p></div></div>
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