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Josh Burks

Sr. Software Developer

Hello World!

I'm Josh. I'm currently a Senior Software Developer at Textbook Technology. I'm also a husband to a wonderful woman I've known for more than 20 years. And I'm a dad, to three kids, which were all adopted. I spend my freetime with my family, or you might catch me out in the garage tinkering on my FJ60 Land Cruiser, or out on the trail enjoying the beauty of Arkansas. Sometimes I fire up the chainsaw, climb up on the tractor, and take care of my property.

History

Born

1981

Born in Little Rock, AR. Raised in Hot Spring County.

School

1986

Started at Bismarck Public Schools

1999

Graduated from Bismarck Public Schools

College

2003

Graduated from Henderson State University

Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science

Employment

2004

Moved to Little Rock, AR

2004 - 2013

Worked for Flake Wilkerson Market Insights / Market Strategies (now Escalent)

2013 - 2014

Worked for HealthSCOPE Benefits

2014

Started working for Textbook Technology

Present Day

Tech Stack

Over the years I've worked with a variety of technologies. From C++ to Perl, to linux shell scripting, to Ruby, Javascript, and whatever comes next.

I tend to favor backend work over frontend, and applications over marketing/branding sites.

Some of my favorites:

  • Ruby
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Minitest/Rspec/Fabricator/Faker/VCR/SimpleCov
  • Mac OS
  • Linux
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Javascript
  • Vue.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Git version control, and the git-flow branching model
  • CSS Frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, Bulma)

Tech I've worked with but don't favor:

  • Perl
  • Python
  • Django
  • AngularJS
  • Angular (v2+)
  • Windows Server
  • VBA Scripting (mostly Access and Excel)
  • And a variety of proprietary business-specific languages and tech