Jakub Suder

Current

• Software Developer at Lunar Logic Polska

Past

• Java Developer at SoftKrak
• Software Developer at Radio Taxi Barbakan

Education

• Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie
• V LO w Krakowie im. A. Witkowskiego

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Jakub Suder’s Summary

In 2007 I finished my M.Sc. studies in Computer Science at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Since February 2008 I've been working at Lunar Logic Polska as a Ruby on Rails developer.

Generally, I prefer programming in modern dynamic languages such as Python or Ruby. I agree with Paul Graham that “Wasting programmer time is the true inefficiency, not wasting machine time”, and that's what makes Ruby so fun to use - it lets programmers make less boring work, even if it means more boring work for computers (that's what they are for anyway).

The world of IT changes rapidly - what was bleeding edge yesterday, will be legacy technology tomorrow. I'm aware that to stay in touch I need to constantly learn new technologies, languages, frameworks, etc. So I prefer such jobs that let me learn new things, and not only use the things that I already know.

I'm a supporter of agile development methods - at LLP we use the Scrum methodology for all projects. I believe this is a better approach to creating software than more strict methodologies, like waterfall. It makes it much easier to react to changes in requirements, which can always happen, and thanks to everyday contact with the clients, we can ensure that they get exactly what they need.

Last year I switched to Mac after using Linux for a few years, and since then I've been learning Cocoa intensively - I'm planning to write some open source applications for MacOSX, and maybe something for iPhone too.

Jakub Suder’s Specialties:

Ruby (Rails), Python, PHP, Java, Javascript, Linux, MacOSX

Jakub Suder’s Experience

• Software Developer

  Lunar Logic Polska

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Development of Ruby on Rails web applications

• Java Developer

  SoftKrak

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  Development of Java systems using Swing, JDBC, and PostgreSQL (with PL/pgSQL)

• Software Developer

  Radio Taxi Barbakan

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  June 2002 — September 2002 (4 months)

  Design and development of a system for ordering a taxi online, consisting of a website (PHP), a socket server (Java), a chat applet (Java) and a PostgreSQL database

Jakub Suder’s Education

• Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie

  M.Sc. , Computer Science , 2002 — 2007

  Major: Distributed Systems and Computer Networks.
  
  M.Sc. Thesis: "Comparison of Inversion of Control techniques in the Spring, PicoContainer and Excalibur containers based on sample applications" (grade: excellent).
  
  Grade point average: 5.02 / 6, final grade: excellent.
  
  In years 2003-06 I have received scholarships for high grade point average, and in 2005, 2006 and 2007 I have received bronze, silver and gold Staszic Awards for best AGH students.
  
  Some of my projects and programs created during the studies are available on my website (http://nexus.vrak.pl).

• V LO w Krakowie im. A. Witkowskiego

  1998 — 2002

  Profile: Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
  
  My work "Analysis of cyberspace language" done as a part of the final exam in Polish has been published as an article in "The Teacher" magazine (October/November 2002 issue).

Additional Information

Jakub Suder’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Jakub Suder’s Interests:

IT, computer games (strategy and RPG), mountain hiking, fantasy and science fiction, rock and folk music

Jakub Suder’s Groups:

•    Kraków Ruby Users Group
•    AGH University of Science and Technology Alumni

Jakub Suder’s Honors:

2002 – Math Kangaroo contest – 1st place
2002 – Polish Olympiad in Informatics – finalist
1998 – Chemistry Olympiad – laureate
1997 – Math Kangaroo contest – 1st place
1996 – Math Kangaroo contest – 2nd place
1996 – "Szalone liczby" Mathematics TV quiz - 1st place

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