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Hi! My name's Peyton. I'm a southern web dev who currently lives and works in Sweet Home Alabama. And yes, heard the songs and seen the movie.
I used to play with helicopters and machine guns in the desert, but now I just like coding, exercising and traveling.
Cool Yank is a nickname I picked up from my ozzy friends via travels in Sydney.
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I haven't always been a software developer. In another life, I did the whole soldier-of-fortune thing in the Middle East helping out with drug-interdiction operations. It was a job / life of many hats, but essentially I helped support aviation maintenance ops so birds could fly and shooters could shoot.
It was rarely fun, never easy and always pushed me to my limit, but I learned that perseverance and the determination not to quit are the greatest ingredients to succeed at anything. And I used this same attitude to become a software engineer.
An important thing to note about a wartime environment, is the op-tempo is usually very high. Being a part of this high-tempo environment had such a huge impact on my life. I knew before I came home, it was going to be very difficult to replicate that fast-paced, high-energy sense of meaning. I also knew that in order to be happy, I was going to have to find something that challenged me as much as Afghanistan did. That's where coding came in, and I haven't been the same since.
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{ Full-Stack Developer: Freelance }
Studistics: A livestock breeding application. Plots animal growth rates on bell curve, and helps farmers raise heavier, healthier animals.
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Languages
- JavaScript
- Python
- HTML
- CSS/SCSS
- SQL/NoSQL
Libraries & Frameworks
- ReactJS
- ReduxJS
- NodeJS
- React Router
- Bootstrap
AWS
- Amplify
- Cognito
- DynamoDB
- Lambda
- S3
Tools
- Git
- Linux
- Serverless
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I'm always on the lookout for the next great opportunity, whether that's a full-time engagement, long-term contract. If you're interested in hiring me, working with me or just want to know more - drop me a line via email. I'd love to hear from you!