I’m a C# developer specializing in user interface engineering using jQuery, with a ferocity for learning. When I was 11, I was determined to make Tomb Raider 3 and saved up all of my allowance money for “Learn to Program BASIC”. I didn’t make it in the game industry, but I did find myself drawn to web development. By the time I was 16, I achieved my goal and began working at Xponex Media as an ASP developer. Throughout my career, I moved to ColdFusion, PHP, and finally ASP.NET with C#. All along the way, I’ve picked up new skills and techniques, and over the last two years I’ve found my niche- user interface engineering. I’ve always had a bit of a knack for design, and being torn between design and development found me knee-deep in CSS and Javascript. It’s a place where I can still impact the overall architecture and write C#, but where I can let my inner designer run free.
When I’m not with my wife Audrey and two daughters, Evelyn and Penelope, I live and breathe code. I’m a bit of a sucker for betas, and love trying new things. I believe this highlights my biggest strength- rapid learning and the ability and willingness to try anything, whether it’s diving into a 4-year-old Flash movie (with no previous Flash experience) or trying the Scheme dialect of Lisp just for kicks. My current focus is in user interface engineering; I’m in mad love with jQuery.
My resume is available online at http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jlawson for even more detailed information.
