D. Scott Boggs

Objective

Radio host, podcaster, web developer and system administrator is seeking part-time general work, or full-time with a flexible schedule or of a temporary nature.

Volunteer Experience

I perform weekly a live set of relaxing electronic and hip-hop influenced music on WIOX, as well as every other week co-hosting a political talk program called The Truth Is So Boring. I can be heard every Friday 2-4PM (EST) as well as every other Thursday at 9-10AM at https://wioxradio.org/. The archives of previously-aired episodes of The Truth Is So Boring can be found at https://thetruthissoboring.org, which was also built and is maintained by myself.

Professional Experience

I began performing data-scrubbing as a contractor, and was hired full-time eventually. The datasets were used to guide Bossa Nova's autonomous robot fleet. Alongside my data-scrubbing work, my projects included:

Single-handedly writing a full-stack reactive web application which improves data visibility (both internally and with customers), consistency, and quality. It was deployed with Docker and then Kubernetes and built on
- PostgreSQL
- Python's Sanic web framework
- Vue.js, with Vuex and Vue Router
- The Bulma CSS framework
Source management with git and GitHub
Continuous integration with Jenkins
Scripts for various processes in BASH and Python, and Go
A Slack bot written in C++

Full-stack web application develpoment for his Dedicated Platform Package Manager software, using Crystal and the Svelte JavaScript framework.

I have held a number of part-time jobs, gigs, and independent contracts in a number of fields including transportation, customer service, and technical support. I gained experience working independently and a well-rounded skill- set. Please contact me for more details.

Skills

Live and recorded audio production

I have experience in sound production for live venues and broadcasts as well as recorded productions, in musical and spoken-word genres. I also have experience in pre- and post-production of these sorts of programs.

Software development and operations

Applications and scripts using Python, C, JavaScript, Go, C++ and others, including code written in multiple languages that interoperates.
Collaborating and interacting with others in open-source communities as well as corporate environments.
Deployments using various technologies, from systemd-managed bare-metal applications to Docker and Kubernetes managed web application deployments.
Version control and collaborative coordination with git and other remote technologies
SQL and NoSQL database systems
Effectively communicating with coworkers while collaborating in a remote environment
Development of HTML5, plain CSS, and vanilla JavaScript web pages. This document was written in HTML and styled with plain CSS, making heavy use of the FlexBox feature.

Physically Capable

I'm a large and relatively physically fit person.

Photography

I've dabbled in photography.

Transportation

I'm a very experienced driver and navigator, with a clean MVR.

Education

I attended community college for three semesters before deciding that my education could be more effectively pursued through self-guided study.