My name is Aaron Evans.
One Shore is my software testing & web development consulting business.
My resume is available in a variety of formats (DOC, HTML, PDF, TXT) here:
http://one-shore.com/aaron/resume
I have over 10 years total IT experience, 8 years in QA.
I specialize in automated testing for enterprise applications with web interfaces.
I'm a proponent of agile methodogies such as Scrum.
Some buzzwords: Java, Linux, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Flex, Selenium, Watir, Junit, TestNG, Continuous Integration
I'm currently looking for full time contract or consulting work. I am also available for freelance web development & testing projects.
I started programming when I was eight years old on a TRS-80. i I taught myself BASIC from the manual and by copying game listing from magazines. I wrote my own text adventure games and simple joystick controlled, character-based graphic games. In high school, I learned Turbo C during typing class. I worked at small ISP in the 1990s where I learned about Unix system administration and web development. I studied computer science in college at the Oregon Institute of Technology, but didn't finish my degree. In 2000, I moved to Seattle to work at Microsoft during the dotcom boom. I've been working (off and on) in the software industry ever since.
In 2005, I quit my job and moved to Fiji with the plan of opening a tourism business. The idea was a "survival tour" where you'd build a shelter on the beach, start a fire without matches, climb coconut trees, go spearfishing, and learn about the culture. Before leaving, though, I fell in love and promised to come back. After spending 3 months in Fiji, and sailing 1500 miles from Fiji to Australia, I came back, and eventually married Kelsey Fox. I blogged about it at http://fijiaaron.blogspot.com
After getting married, we moved to Ecuador. My wife did volunteer work at an orphanage there, and I started my consulting business. We returned when she got pregnant, and had a baby boy on October 24, 2008. We named him "Harmon" after my grandfather.