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BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
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  NAME: Ulf Åström

 ALIAS: HappyPonyLand, DATAJESUS

  BORN: 1984, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden

E-MAIL: ulf.astrom@gmail.com

SKILL SUMMARY
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Keywords: programming, engineering, web, teaching, writing, communication, games, media.

• 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 that gets the job done (sometimes this is 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.
  
  PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE: Has written cross-compatible code between UNIX and Windows, a serialization library for C, a terminal emulator, a web server in Java, asynchronous I/O, a DLL wrapper to use C++ libraries from a C project, transpilers for custom needs, etc. Dabbled in assembly language and microcontrollers. Taught programming (C#) to highschool students.
• WEB DESIGN: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LAMP, testing, 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 troubleshooting.
• GAME DEVELOPMENT: Code, 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

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 when working on something, then lapses into periods of self-loathing over not being productive enough. Wants to make cool things and automate the boring tasks.
• Socially reserved with strangers, but very willing to make contact with interesting people. Dislikes being labeled an "introvert".

LAST KNOWN OCCUPATION
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2006 — 2015: Technical consultant in industrial automation systems.

• Design, testing and commissioning of electrical equipment such as control cubicles, switchgear, cabling, PLC interfaces.
• Generating 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.
• Worked with world-leading clients in different sectors (e.g. ABB, LKAB, Atlas Copco; full list of projects available on request).

RECENT ACTIVITY
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2016 — 2018: University language 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 chasing 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 private car (B class), snowmobile and ATVs.

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