# Hello, I'm Craig Fletcher.

You can call me on 07480924132, email me at [hi@leakypixel.net](mailto:hi@leakypixel.net), or check out what I'm getting on with at [leakypixel.net](https://www.leakypixel.net/). 

I've been developing for the web for around 10 years and I'm still as eager as ever to push my skills and learn new things. I specialise in JavaScript - particularly React, but have worked with many languages, libraries and tools appropriate to the task at hand.

## Experience
A short description of my last few roles and what they entailed. I'd be happy to
discuss these further, but for now I'll keep it brief.

### AKQA - JavaScript consultant (3 months, fully remote)
*2019*

Worked on a high-profile project for a well-known international clothing brand,
using React, Netlify, Next.js, AWS lambda, nodeJS and AWS dynamoDB. Working remotely as
part of a small, internationally distributed team to deliver a time-critical
project with many challenges and tight deadlines.

### Erlang Solutions - JavaScript consultant (9 months, fully remote)
*2018 to 2019*

Worked closely with a worldwide distributed team to develop a deliveroo-like
service for fuel and related product delivery. As the only JavaScript developer
on the team, I built a react and apollo based web application to interact with 
an erlang graphql service that was being developed in tandem by other members 
of the team.

### The Co-op Group - JavaScript consultant (6 months, part remote)
*2018* 

As part of the ventures team, built a new marketplace application using react
for the frontend and python with flask for the backend. Worked in a team of 2 to
get the project off the ground and into production. This project was more
focused toward user research and constant iteration than technical challenges,
something I really enjoyed.

### Life's Great - JavaScript consultant (6 months, part remote)
*2017 to 2018* 

Upskilled team into react development and assisted with building a greenfield
project:

* Upskilling team with limited to no prior knowledge of react through pairing,
    presentations and walkthroughs.

* Built a new application to gather information from customers through a
    conditional, staged questionnaire with complex dependencies.

* Various devops related tasks from scratch, such as docker scripts.

* Advising management on various technical decisions vital for the company.

### Earlier
*2017 - Tyres on the Drive - JavaScript consultant (12 months)*

*2016 - The Hut Group - JavaScript developer (12 months)*

*2015 - Bet365 - JavaScript developer (6 months)*

*2013 to 2015 - On The Beach ltd. - Front end developer, Permanent*

## Skills
Some of the skills I've picked up along the way and tools I've used.

### JavaScript
* React, Redux, Apollo GraphQL
* NodeJS
* Document DBs (Mongo/Couchbase/DynamoDB)
* Client-side templating (Handlebars/Mustache/jst)
* Module loading & dependency resolution
* Testing & automation (Jasmine/Karma/Istanbul/Selenium)
* Build systems (Grunt/Gulp/Webpack)
* WebSockets (Pusher/native)
* Modern ECMA script

### HTML & CSS
* Sass/SCSS/LESS
* Responsive design
* Bootstrap
* Modular design & web components
* BEM/SMACSS
* Accessibility/Information hierarchy
* Progressive enhancement
* W3C Standards
* Cross browser compatibility
* HTML 4 & 5

### Devops related
* AWS and Digital ocean
* Continuous integration (Jenkins/Travis)
* Docker & docker-compose
* Basic server administration (nginx/Apache/caddy)
* Versioning (npm/git tags/artifactory/docker images)
* Linux/UNIX-like OSes (Debian/Arch/FreeBSD)

### Others
* UX and data-driven design
* Git (GitHub/CLI/GitHooks/Workflows)
* Agile, Kanban & Scrum
* Project management tools (JIRA/Trello)
* Building appliances/discreet servers (Raspberry Pi/Intel Atom SoC)
* Analytics (Google/server stats/pingdom/custom built)
* Bash (day to day environment & scripting)
* Python

### Experience of
* Java (Spring)
* Ruby (Rails)
* Golang (Iris)
* Cordova/PhoneGap
* Erlang (Phoenix)

## I'm not boring

I have quite a few hobbies outside of my development work, and try to keep myself as active as I can - especially during the summer, when I can get outside.

* Rock climbing and bouldering are my big hobbies... though they don't look a lot different from the outside, there's quite a gap. I vary between the two, but practice indoors twice a week and get outside when I can.
* Somehow I ended up being a Scout leader, too. I was part of the organisation when I was younger, and after a couple of years break, I went back to help out. It has greatly helped me in maintaining leadership skills, and organising larger groups of people.
* I also spend quite a lot of my free time tinkering and working on personal projects, such as building raspberry pi based camera systems, monitors, or arcade systems.
* To keep up with the fast-paced world of development, I spend quite a lot of my free time reading, or listening to podcasts. Some of my favourites are 99 percent invisible, bad voltage and project bouldering.