Perl guru, Ruby guy, Web developer, Systems administrator, Server farmer
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Lead Developer, Website Core Services at PopCap Games
- Owner at Midgard Systems Group
- Past
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- Tools Developer at PopCap Games
- Senior Web Developer at Amazon.com
- Webmaster at Loudeye
- Contractor at Microsoft
- Web Developer at Northwestern University Medical School
- Education
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- Wichita State University
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Marty Smyth’s Summary
When I was 6, my dad gave me a TRS-80 CoCo. I got bored with the games and taught myself to program BASIC. At this point, I was doomed.
Every language I know, I taught myself. Granted, I don't get much chance to use most of them. These days, most of my code is Perl or Ruby, with a fair amount of Javascript thrown in.
Purely by chance, I ended up doing some web design/development for money in college, and when it came time to get a real job, the specialty fit. At this point, I'm somewhat hyper-specialized in front-end interactive website design. Although, I do generally know quite a bit about every layer from the database up. I tend to be the guy people go to with their questions about layers outside their expertise.
I've been administrating linux servers for over a decade. I run a small server farm in my basement, both colocated and my own boxes. I host several domains, and quite a few websites, including an eVite replacement I wrote out of disgust with their ads and interstitials.
Oh, important note: I'm sufficiently happy with my current job. I'm not actively looking to change. If you've got something that you're just /sure/ I'd be interested in, please feel free to send details. Bear in mind you need to start off at six digits and good benefits, and be on the west side. Seriously. If you can't do that, don't waste your time.
Marty Smyth’s Specialties:
Web development, linux system administration, network administration, ruby, perl, mysql
Marty Smyth’s Experience
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Lead Developer, Website Core Services
PopCap Games
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2008 — Present (10 months)
Development and architecture lead for the 'Core Services' subteam, responsible for product data, user accounts, shared login, carts and orders, shipping and fulfillment systems, and other services shared across multiple systems.
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Owner
Midgard Systems Group
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 1995 — Present (13 years 4 months)
My own little company. It does the server farming and such.
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Tools Developer
PopCap Games
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
July 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)
General tools development company wide. Includes website release system, customer relationship management systems, HR employee management and recruiting systems, etc.
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Senior Web Developer
Amazon.com
(Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)
August 2000 — July 2006 (6 years)
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Webmaster
Loudeye
(Public Company; LOUD; Internet industry)
August 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 1 month)
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Contractor
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — July 1999 (4 months)
I was hired to create interactive television demos for the WebTV Platform Marketing group, but spent most of my time acting as systems administrator for broadcast.microsoft.com, which provided television schedule listings to WebTV for Windows users.
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Web Developer
Northwestern University Medical School
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)
Marty Smyth’s Education
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Wichita State University
BS, Computer Science, September 1995 — December 1998
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Marty Smyth’s Interests:
Science fiction, books, movies, music
Marty Smyth’s Groups:
The Mars Society, The Planetary Society, The Seattle Geek Community
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Amazon Alumni
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