John Yates

Greater Boston Area United States

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Technology / Software / Internet

Seasoned systems programmer: * 45+ years experience, * More than 20 years using C++ * Entire systems in assembler Versatile, inventive, quick learner: * Big companies and tiny startups * Compilers, interpreters, binary translation, databases, real-time, compression, networking, file systems * 36 patents (and counting) * Entirely self-taught Still love: * Seeing code come to life * Delivering products * Solving real problems * Clean code * Fast code * Static typing * Well thought-out data structures * Learning new disciplines * Working in small teams * Learning from others * Mentoring Proclivities: * Coding for the reader * Highly table-driven code * Problem-specific interpreters * Int...