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  • Mark Dominusmjd@mathstodon.xyz
    Sep 24, 2026, 2:54 PM

    I'm looking for work, please boost!

    I'm a software engineer with 35 years of experience. I've worked across an unusually wide range of domains: mobile game backends, privacy-preserving data platforms, high-throughput COVID testing infrastructure, email and account systems, e-payment processing, job marketplace systems, and bioinformatics. I pick up new domains quickly and have a history of doing it repeatedly. I understand how to turn business needs into engineering requirements.

    I prefer to work remotely but I am open to an in-office job in the Philadelphia area or especially in Philadelphia itself. I've often worked remotely since the 1990s and can operate with minimal supervision. Several of my favorite projects were self-directed: I identified the need, built the thing, and shipped it. My preferred time zone is America/New_York, but I'm flexible.

    Some of the many, many technologies I've used are: Python, Perl, TypeScript/JavaScript, Haskell, Go, C, Java. Postgres, MySQL, SQLite. Flask, SQLAlchemy. AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS, SQS, EC2). Docker, Git. Github and Gitlab.

    I've also repeatedly picked up new languages and stacks as needed: Haskell for differential privacy research, TypeScript for a 24/7 AWS Lambda system, Flask for my most recent employer. I've become productive with new systems over and over, and I can do it quickly.

    I'm a published author (Higher-Order Perl, Morgan Kaufmann), longtime blogger, and conference speaker with a reputation for making complex ideas clear.

    I am a U.S. citizen.

    My résumé is at https://
    plover.com/~mjd/cv/Mark%20Jason%20Dominus.pdf

    mjd@pobox.com

    Thanks!

    #OpenToWork #remoteWork #softwareEngineering #Python #backend #hiring
    #fediHire
    #getFediHired

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  • Thomas Adamthomasadam@bsd.network
    Sep 24, 2026, 6:11 PM

    @mjd Seriously -- this isn't just me blowing smoke up your arse...

    HOP was seminal for me at work, and for others, who were lumbered with TMTOWTDI, yet wanted something structured. HOP went beyond that, it was a real eye-opener.

    The techniques you showed were ultimately implemented in production code.

    So *thank you* for all your amazing work over the last thirty years. It deserves more recognition, and I hope whomever employs you realises what they have!

    It's sad for me to think you're in this position, so I am more than happy to do what I can to help.

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  • OldCoderOldCoder@dansu.org
    Sep 25, 2026, 4:12 AM

    I’ve sent you an email to comment. If you don’t see it in the Inbox, check Junk. [I’m no longer highly trusting of email.]

    I see that you’re a Perl expert. One point that I didn’t mention in the email is that I’ve been focused on Perl myself since circa 1990. Python wasn’t out there to the same extent yet, #Perl got the job done, and productivity compared to ‘C’ [venerable as ‘C’ was] was amazing. I’d draft things like disk drivers in Perl and then use Perl to convert itself back to pseudo-‘C’ which I’d finish by hand.

    If there hadn’t been a misguided decision to focus on Perl 6, the Web might have ended up as being largely based on Perl today as opposed to Python [which ate Perl’s lunch due to the Perl 6 issue].

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  • Clifton RoystonCliftonR@wandering.shop
    Sep 25, 2026, 5:49 PM

    @mjd

    Aww shit, sorry to hear it old friend.

    I recommend checking into openings at Keysight Technologies. They're not perfect but they're pretty decent as big corporations go. They're descended from Hewlett-Packard by way of Agilent, the original electronic test equipment business.

    More to follow.

    -- Clifton

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