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Hello

I'm Simon Skoczylas

Software engineer, lateral thinker and passionate web developer

Software engineering and architecture

Software
development

This is the discipline I'm most specialized in. That's the part of software engineering I . Since I was a tiny tot, I was fascinated by programming languages. That's why i started programming in BASIC at the age of six.

Requirements
engineering

Requirements are a fundamental, as insufficient requirements drive up costs. Even though requirements analysis, specification and management are not the main part of my daily work I already gained plenty of experience in these disciplines.

Software
maintenance

I've collected lots of experience in the maintenance of systems and creation of patches in multiple projects. That's why I like the culture of DevOps and I'm intrested in continuous integration (CI), test automation and continuous delivery (CD) to harden and speed up the release process.

Documentation

Beside the documenation of source code, the documenation of software and systems is an important part. I'm familar with the arc42 ressources for software architects and I already wrote documenation for software based on the arc42 template.

Design patterns

I'm not part of the "Gang of four" sentiment_very_satisfied, but in the projects I realized as a software developer, I gained experience in the usage and implementation of different patterns.

Skills to pay the bills

Java
Java

I'm creating software and web applications with Java for more then 10 years so far. I've started with Java ME for embedded systems and creating Java EE applications. I am interessted in Android development. I'm very excited about MicroProfile.

Javascript
Javascript

As a web developer I am familar with Javascript, since it's the one and only way to get things done in the front end . Even I'm using JQuery a lot, I'm aware of vanilla Javascript. I'm intrested in React and Angular 2.

Node.js
Node.js

I like Node.js so much. Because I'm familar with Javascript in the front end, I was really excited as I discovered Node.js. It's so cool to use Javascript in the back end.

OWASP
OWASP

With the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in mind, and the awareness of threats a web application is exposded to, I'm focusing on creation and development of secure web applications.

HTML
HTML

More then 15 years ago I've uploaded my first HTML document. Since that I am addicted to HTML and CSS. It's a good and standardized way to create content and user interfaces.

CSS
CSS

HTML is a bit boring without typography and some pretty colors. I like the possiblity to separate the style definition from the markup. I'm using plain CSS and frameworks like Bootstrap and Materialize.

Last but not least

Git Vagrant Docker Kubernetes Ansible Jenkins React Polymer NPM PHP Spring Boot Android Nginx Apache HTTP Server Amazon WebServices Amazon Alexa Oracle Database

Achievements
Participated
  • Interview - Die jungen Wilden: JavaLand #2 @ heise developer (2018)
  • Interview - Die jungen Wilden: JavaLand @ heise developer (2018)
  • iSAQB Software Architecture - Advanced Level Training (2017)
  • iSAQB Software Architecture - Foundation Level Training (2016)
  • Scrum Master - Training (2016)
  • enterJS (2015)
  • OPN Oracle WebCenter 11g Implementation Boot Camp Ed 1 (2012)
  • Oracle ADF Advanced Training (2012)
  • Oracle ADF Foundation Training (2012)
  • ProSyst OSGi Training (2008)
Speaker

Communities

JUG Dortmund

A very good meetup next to me.
This JUG is often visited by excellent speakers.

JUG Dortmund

PottJS

A lovely group of people talking about Javascript.
The meetup for the Ruhrpott.

PottJS

Hobbies

Photography

When I'm not doing the stuff described above, I like to capture moments and landscapes with my camera. I'm trying to increase my skills with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. A few years ago I created my gallery at www.skoon-photography.com

Hiking

I to hike in the alps. Because of my first hobby my backback is often rather full of photography equipment then of stuff necessary for hiking sentiment_very_satisfied.