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Matthew Godwin, "Lord Thetford"

Hi! ๐Ÿ‘‹ I'm Matthew Godwin, a senior software engineer with well over 6 years of professional experience designing, developing, and implementing a wide variety of custom software solutions for everything from supporting critical business applications to building data infrastructure for both business and operational intelligence.

I'm primarily a backend web developer and data engineer, although I have plenty of experience with frontend web development in React and operations technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. I also have certifications in both Microsoft Azure and Snowflake.

Currently looking for new professional opportunities, and excited to pick up new skills while honing the ones that I already possess!

Who is "Lord Thetford"?

Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, was the birthplace of Thomas Paine in 1737. Although he was never a lord, I've always had a special admiration for the forward-thinking author of Rights of Man, and at some point I decided to honor him in a silly little way by making a username out of his hometown, upgrading him to nobility in the process.

Who's that in your profile picture?

My profile picture is a bust of Thomas Muir, another historical figure and contemporary of Paine who has long been an interest of mine. He lived a very eventful and interesting life, and I would very much like to do the same! (Perhaps minus the naval battles...)

I have devoted myself to the cause of The People. It is a good cause โ€“ it shall ultimately prevail โ€“ it shall finally triumph.

(Thomas Muir, 30 August 1793)

About me

  • ๐Ÿ‘‹ My pronouns: he/him/his
  • ๐Ÿ” Looking for new professional opportunities!
  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“ Graduated from Texas A&M University, class of 2017
  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป My top professional skills:
    • ๐Ÿ Python 3.12
    • ๐ŸŸช .NET 8 with C#
    • โ˜• JavaScript and ๐ŸŸข Node.js
    • โ” SQL and ๐ŸŒฑ NoSQL (MongoDB enthusiast!)
    • ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ data engineering
    • ๐Ÿ‹ DevOps and CI/CD
  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ Iโ€™m currently learning:
    • โŒจ๏ธ TypeScript and ๐Ÿฆ• Deno
    • ๐Ÿ”ถ dbt
    • โ˜๏ธ unfamiliar cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
  • ๐Ÿ’ก I'd like opportunities to learn or use:
    • โš™๏ธ Rust or ๐Ÿน Go
    • ๐ŸŽธ Django
    • ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ GraphQL
    • ๐Ÿงฑ Databricks
  • ๐Ÿ“‹ I'm currently working on:
    • ๐ŸŽก Apache Airflow services for job-hunting
    • ๐Ÿ““ Citadel, a Next.js + MongoDB web application for helping writers build personal wikis for their projects
    • ๐Ÿ”ก Lexodus, an application for helping lovers of language build their own conlangs
    • โš”๏ธ a fantasy novel of my own, as well as other miscellaneous writing projects
  • ๐Ÿ•บ My personal interests and hobbies:
    • ๐Ÿ“š literature and ๐Ÿฒ fantasy
    • ๐Ÿ“ writing
    • ๐ŸŽบ music of all kinds
    • ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ film (MST3K devotee)
    • ๐ŸŽฎ gaming (especially Dota 2)
    • ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ linguistics
    • ๐Ÿฐ but above all else history!
  • โณ My favorite history topics:
    • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท the French Revolution and the age of Napoleon
    • ๐Ÿ“œ the "English Revolution" of the Stuart period
    • โšœ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ the Hundred Years' War, 1337 to 1453
    • โš“ the "Second" Hundred Years' War, 1689 to 1815
    • ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ the "New Imperialism" of the 19th century and decolonization
    • ๐Ÿช– World War I and โœŠ the Revolutions of 1917
  • ๐Ÿ“ฌ Let's chat! Email me at: [email protected]

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