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Hi, I'm Richard, and 54 year-old developer from Scotland, (right in the middle of Whisky country!). I enjoy working with people, helping them to understand their problems, and collaborating with them to design appropriate solutions. Over the decades I've worked on front-end, back-end, and everything (lots) in between. I'm fluent in Mac & Windows, either in the UI or on the command line. I *love* automating the boring tasks. I'm also adept at solving team and stakeholder management issues. My aim - be a little more Renaissance, one day at a time.

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I founded the company Internetsko novinarstvo - Online Press in 2009 and have been working professionally in it since 2011. My primary job for 12 years has been PHP development. I have created dozens of custom PHP applications, mostly in 'pure' PHP, without any help from ready-made solutions. A bit spartan, but in the later stages it gives a lot of freedom to adjust the application however the client wants, so it turns out the best in the end. I worked in Symfony, Laravel, CodeIgniter... React and Angular didn't bypass me also, not even Backbone. And that's not bad, certainly different. However, I have always returned to 'pure' PHP/HTML/CSS/JS programming, because it is so similar to the Commodore BASIC language that I liked so much as a child. PHP is also a good base for various content display systems (CMS), so I spent a large part of my time programming, maintaining and cleaning Drupal, Joomla and, of course, the hugely popular WordPress. I managed modules, components, themes, plugins... To end up creating several custom themes and plugins from scratch. I'm also in search engine optimization (SEO) when needed, which I started as a journalist in 2007. And over time, as our clients asked for a hosting service, we are maintaining dedicated servers. So I'm familiar with Plesk and cPanel. I fell in love with the world of technology because there are no lies. Something cannot be interpreted differently than it is. The application is working properly or not. Sometimes harsh, even frustrating, but actually - honest and fair. I like that.

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I am a highly skilled software development professional, passionate about programming and computers. I have extensive experience working individually and within teams, spearheading large and small projects, planning and working to deadlines, and mentoring others. I have worked in a variety of domains in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and can pick up new business domains quickly. I have excellent communication skills and can communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people.

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