Thom Parkin
Serial Rails Developer and ParaHacker, Author of Technical articles for Learnable and 'Mastering Git' for Packt Publishing.
P A R A H A C K E R
Passionate about Technology
Teacher, Mentor, Technologist
- I like solving problems
- I love writing code
- I live for writing code that solves problems
Open Source Activity
- Continuous Contribution
- Open Source Report Card
- Technique to Fight Phishing
- GitHub Resume
- Interactive Fiction Adventure
- Current Projects
- BusinessSpew™
- Vim-a-Minute VIM Learning site
- Tic-Slack-ToeSlackBot
- BS-BotSlackBot
- Gititudes
- Slackidasical: Slack bots
Technical Writing
Technical Writing
Learnable / Sitepoint
Technical Author
Screencasts
Learnable / Sitepoint
Technical Instructor
Current Employment
Leidos
Cyber Security Specialist
US Air Force - Joint Mission Planning
Returned to the SEIC contract in a new role with a focus on Software Security and Resilience.
- Enterprise Secure Code Custodian
- Next Generation Mission Planning Developer Training
Previous Employment
David C. Cook
Senior Rails Developer
Thom is primarily responsible for the back-end API that drives this publication delivery platform.
The 'second generation' of this application utilizes Microsoft Techology stack and is built on AZURE. As a result Thom is deeply involved in a new mixture of technologies:
- .NET (C#)
- DocumentDB
- Aurellia
Personal Recommendations
“He is not a commodity; he is unique in his skill set, attitude, and demeanor.” –Lt. Col. William Scheppers, USAF
"Thom has a keen ability to pull together a group of [software] engineers to collaborate on a complex problem." -Shaun Scott
”…outstanding performance, flexible nature, technical competence, and strong work ethic…” –Russ Sherrett
“Of particular value was the combination of his positive outlook and his creative ideas.” –Thomas Anderson