Hi, I'm Tim 👋🏻

I'm a New Zealander who enjoys tinkering with data, code and art. I'm one of the world's experts on the Rust programming language. I can help teach you and your team to make use of this new language.

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Tim is one of the world's leading Rust educators and runs a tech consultancy called Accelerant.

Tim learned to code to assist with humanitarian disasters around the world from New Zealand. He's been tinkering with computers ever since. His area of professional expertise is in natural language processing and machine learning. Tim's also the author of Rust in Action, an introduction Rust for programmers who have never used a systems programming language.

Previously the global head of Rust language education at AWS, he is the lead content creator for the official Rust training program offered by the Rust Foundation, and host of a popular YouTube channel offering tutorials in the language. He has held positions within AWS, Canonical, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), and a number of data science consultancies.

Perhaps surprisingly, Tim's academic background is outside of computer science or statistics. He holds a Master of Public Policy and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy and European Studies from Victoria University of Wellington. His hope is that this can be a sign to others from non-traditional backgrounds that their place in the technology industry is valid and valued.

An advocate for open source and open culture, Tim releases most of what he produces on his own time under an open licence. As well as writing code, he makes occasional contributions to iNaturalist, OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia. His hobbies include generative and pen plotter art.

The easiest way to connect with Tim is via Twitter (https://twitter.com/timClicks). He also hosts regular Rust tutorials via YouTube (https://youtube.com/c/timClicks) and Twitch (https://twitch.tv/timclicks).