Tait Hoyem
Experience
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Bytetools Technologies Inc. — Founder (2020-present)
Providing small businesses with simple, secure software solutions.
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VOG App Developers — Contractor (Summer 2020)
Identify seed health for machine learning algorithm bootstrapping.
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Independent — Tutoring (2019-present)
Working with computer science students explaining introductory to advanced concepts.
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Total Impact Signs — Contractor (2014-2016)
Implemented a semi-automatic payroll system replacing the manual sign in book used before.
Education
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Southern Alberta Institute of Technology — Diploma / Information Technology--Software Development Major (2019-2021)
Full-stack two year software development diploma. Focusing on databases, interface design, systems administration, security and enterprise solutions.
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Dartmouth College (Open Corseware) — Professional Certificate / C Programming with Linux (2020)
A certification in C programming, the
gcc
compiler, and themake
compilation system. 100% mark. -
The Linux Foundation — Certification / Certified Linux System Administrator (2016)
Certified in Linux system administration tasks. Running web servers, maintaining mass storage systems, running secure remote control tools. Certificate no longer valid.
Projects
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Lichess
A patch for Lichess.org which vastly extends support for screen reader users. The website has millions of active users.
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Quote Retrieval System
Written for a local roofing business to securely distribute quotes.
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epub-with-pinyin
A program to add Pinyin above Chinese characters in .epub files to assist those learning Mandarin Chinese.
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lamegames
A little games website I made for some demonstrations of Django and websocket functionality. Very, very lame. Would not recommend.
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chess
A command-line chess game in C++. It is compileable on nearly any system.
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Emacspeak C Tutorials
C Tutorials for the Visually Impaired
Skills
Languages
- English (native)
- Mandarin (novice)
Programming Languages
- C/C++
- Python
- Java & Java EE
- HTML/CSS/JS (Frontend Web)
- Typescript, SCSS, Static Site Generation (Compiled Web)
- PHP
- POSIX Shell
Frameworks/Environments
- Flask
- Django
- JQuery
Miscellaneous
- 3D Printing
- Proxmox Virtualization
- Embedded Systems (RPi, ESP-compatible)