My name is Bob. I started my career in QA but after 8 years I was was done with writing code to test code. I wanted to actually ship software that people used. I've held positions as an individual contributor and in technical leadership.
- 👨👩👧👦 Married with two kids
- 👨💻 Lead Software Engineer
- 🦀 Baltimore resident for 18 years
- 😄 Pronouns: He/Him
- @bizob2828
- 🎻 I love live music and enjoy attending bluegrass music festivals.
- 🐱💻 I'm currently working on the Node.js agent at New Relic.
- 📚 The vast world of application security and DevSecOps.
- ❤️ Javascript and have been writing Node.js for 10 years.
- I've become really good at Node.js instrumentation.
- Previous gigs: Whitebox, Contrast Security, SparkPost, Systems Alliance, Prometric
- I am passionate about all types of testing to mitigate risk when shipping software.
- I enjoy working in a DevOps environment.
- I love automating infrastructure to always be shipping.
- 🌱 I flourish in environments that have a well defined SDLC.
- I appreciate a good style guide but if it can't be automated, ⛔ bikeshedding.
- Languages I enjoy: Node.js, Go, and Python.