Kevin Burge

5.0

(9 reviews)

US$45.00

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ABOUT ME

Software Engineer

Veteran software engineer with broad experience in automation, virtualization, various languages and platforms, performance analysis, etc. -- all the tools to get the job done.

I've been programming since I was in the 7th grade, and 20 years professionally. I am self-taught, so I have a knack for staying up with current technology and quickly adapting. I understand architecture at a low level, and am passionate about well-designed, robust software. My automation background comes from being the primary developer on a very large server application with little resources to support it, so, every task that could be automated, had to be. Ruby has been my automation language of choice, though I anticipate Go replacing it where performance is concerned.

I like solving problems big and small, so, I'm glad to work with students; though businesses and other developers stand to benefit the most from working with me.

English

Central Time (US & Canada) (-06:00)

Joined October 2015

EXPERTISE

Linux

22 years experience | 4 endorsements

I switched to Linux as my primary OS (Desktop) in 2001 and never looked back. I've functioned as a system administrator for many systems ...

I switched to Linux as my primary OS (Desktop) in 2001 and never looked back. I've functioned as a system administrator for many systems and supported other developer's systems.

Ubuntu Fedora CentOS RHEL Debian

3 years experience

Won two competetitions, using Go, against 400+ mostly Java developers located at our corporate offices around the world: categories were ...

Won two competetitions, using Go, against 400+ mostly Java developers located at our corporate offices around the world: categories were performance and code elegance. Developed several automation applications, with front ends in Vue.js.

Docker

5 years experience

Built images for build automation and for running applications, particularly for development, continuous integration and quality assurance.

Virtualization

17 years experience

Vagrant Packer VMware

Vagrant Packer VMware VirtualBox

Ruby

18 years experience | 3 endorsements

I've written GUIs, many utilities, API clients, servers, software packagers, test frameworks, so many that I cannot remember them all.

C++

16 years experience | 1 endorsement

I've been working on a C++ product that is run in the banking industry primarily and multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, AIX, Solaris). M...

I've been working on a C++ product that is run in the banking industry primarily and multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, AIX, Solaris). Multi-process, multi-threaded, networked (using custom TCP/IP-based protocols), IPC, and more.

Node.js

3 years experience

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(9 reviews)

James Shul

September 2016

Super friendly and helpful!

Byron Sommardahl

September 2016

Kevin was very helpful with my docker issue. He was able to teach me what I needed to know to get around the learning curve.

Max Carlson

September 2016

Session #2 went well! Kevin's a blast to work with. Can't wait for our next visit. Highly recommended.

Joseph Olaopa

September 2016

Kevin, was very effective and the quality of his service is excellent.

Miro

September 2016

Top notch professional. Knows a lot more than knew existed about github.

Max Carlson

September 2016

Kevin was awesome! I learned so much in a short period of time. Great teacher and highly recommended. Excited to set up our next appt.