Quite simply, I'm awesome. No, seriously, I'm awesome!
- Exceptional grasp of Language: Above and beyond being a fluent and native speaker of my mother tongue (English), I also know some Spanish and am attempting to teach myself German and isiZulu. Not only that, but I am a prolific writer and some of that output earns me a very modest income in cryptocurrency.
- I have a dry/wry, witty and irreverent sense of humour (which is important for those long slogs/all-night coding benders when some large effort is needed to get things done).
- I'm empathetic, diligent and analytical.
- I can work long hours in a week: I am currently unemployed/looking to work from home as a contractor (since October 2020, having left my previous job due to chronic ill health and am now managing it with meds). I've also set up a sole proprietorship to do freelance/contract work (not just software/Web development). I'm used to working ten hour shifts during weekdays (although my performance will suffer if expected to do so for prolonged periods)
- I'm willing to work weekends and holidays (except when this contradicts the previous point and on Saturday mornings, when I have a part-time job exercising dogs and I really don't want to give up playing with puppies as a perk).
- I'm a PHP Rockstar: According to LinkedIn, over five hundred and twenty one thousand, three hundred (521.3K) developers (including me) have taken the PHP proficiency test there. It reports that I am in the top five percent (5%) of respondents and has added a badge to my profile. I should now be inundated with jobs for PHP development.
