BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
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  NAME: Ulf Åström

 ALIAS: HappyPonyLand,
        DATAJESUS

  BORN: 1984,
        Čohkkiras,
        Sápmi

E-MAIL: ulf.astrom@gmail.com

SKILL SUMMARY
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• KEYWORDS:
   ▹ software/web development, UNIX
            ▹ media (video, audio, graphics)
            ▹ communication (teaching, writing)
            ▹ game development
            ▹ electrical engineering, CAD
• PROGRAMMING: Self-taught programmer since age 11. Problem-solving mindset. Accustomed to figuring things out and will pick up new APIs, languages and paradigms as needed. Produces stable, portable and well-documented code with high attention to detail.
  
  NO LANGUAGE PRESTIGE: Primarily works in C but also fluent in OO and scripting languages. Believes in choosing the proper tool for the job (sometimes this might be a VBA macro).
  
  EFFICIENT TOOLBOX: Uses version control, debuggers, -Wall (linters usually do more harm than good), build and deploy scripts, separation of development and production environment.
• EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE: Has written cross-compatible code between UNIX and Windows, a serialization library for C, DLL wrappers to use C++ libraries from C, a terminal emulator, a web server in Java, asynchronous I/O, DSL transpilers, XML parsing, etc.
  
  Dabbled in LISP, assembly language and microcontrollers.
  Taught programming (C#) to highschool students.
• WEB DESIGN: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LAMP, validation.
• SERVERS: System and network administration (maintains multiple domains hosting web content, shell accounts and other services), Linux (and other *nix-derivates), virtualization (this page is served off a VPS), hardware setup and troubleshooting.
• GAME DEVELOPMENT: Procedural content generation (random map generation and validation), mechanics, map and interface design, graphics (lo-fi pixel work), music, sound, story and dialogue writing, testing, balancing. Released a game on Steam. Enjoys making games more than playing them.
• CREATIVE: music production, webcomic artist, demoscene

PERSONALITY
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• Down-to-earth, empathic, tolerant and progressive.
• Brooding with a dark sense of irony. PTSD survivor.
• Curious (easily bored) and obsessively creative: sometimes neglects to eat and sleep while working on something, then lapses into periods of self-loathing over not being productive enough.
• Socially reserved with strangers, but willing to make contact with interesting people. Dislikes being labeled an "introvert".

LAST KNOWN OCCUPATION
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2018-¿¿: Software developer, video encoding.

• Development of an asset management system for the broadcast industry. The core product provides a REST API for managing large volumes of media and metadata on a variety of storage solutions, on premise or cloud hosted.
• Primarily worked on the transcoder component (written in C/C++), allowing conversion between a plethora of video and audio codecs, bridging open and proprietary formats. Maintained Linux and Windows ports using a variety of build and deployment tools.
• Designed and implemented a library to provide "Just-In-Time" transcoding for streaming in a web-based video editing application.
• Front and backend web development in JavaScript and Python.

PREVIOUS ACTIVITY
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2016—2018: University language studies.

2006—2015: Technical consultant in industrial automation systems.

• Design, testing and commissioning of electrical equipment such as control cubicles, switchgear, cabling, PLC interfaces. Production of circuit diagrams, assembly drawings, bill of materials, wiring tables, etc, in a wide range of CAD software.
• Development of AutoCAD extensions and macros, integration between CAD systems and office applications.
• Review and final delivery of technical documentation; projects have spanned hundreds of thousands of drawing sheets and literal truckloads of binders.
• Worked with world-leading, high-tech clients in different sectors (e.g. ABB, LKAB, Atlas Copco; full list of projects available on request). Cubicle veteran.

2003—2005: University CS studies.

LANGUAGES
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• SWEDISH   ▉▉▉▉
• ENGLISH   ▉▉▉•
• POLISH    ▉▉••
• N. SAMI   ▉•••

EDUCATION
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• 196.5 ECTS university credits (>3 years of full-time studies, roughly equivalent to a bachelor but focused on personal interests rather than pursuing a degree). Studies in language, computer science, history and music.
• A shitload of private courses and on-job training in CAD software, PLC programming, electrical standards and work safety (over a month in total, worth well over 100k SEK).
• Drivers licence for car (european B class), snowmobile and ATVs.

PERSONAL INTERESTS
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Music (plays multiple instruments), mahjong (chinese board game), languages, travel, outdoors (hiking, fishing, survival), martial arts, literature, crafts (sewing, woodworking), photography (has taken over 60000 photos, most of them pretty bad).