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Welcome to jtes.net, the personal website and blog of John Slade (johnteslade).

• Live in Crystal Palace, London, England
• Work as a Senior Software Engineer and Architect designing network security products for Thales e-Security. Developing in UML, C, C++ and Python.

Currently looking for software engineering opportunities in London. See my CV for full details of skills and experience.

Projects

• Run video game website SimRacingWorld.com and news aggregator VGtap since 2001. Developed in Perl, MySQL, Python, Django and Google App Engine.
• Contribute to some open source projects on GitHub -
  • PyCharacterize – Tool for auto generating characterization tests of Python code.
  • Azulejo – Python application for Linux that moves windows using keyboard shortcuts.
  • Vimeo Downloader

Activities

• Organise hack days with friends – Python (Feb 2012), Android (Jun 2012)
• Attend weekend hackathons – HACKcelerator Fall 2013 in San Francisco, AngelHack London (Apr 2013, Nov 2012), Hackathon London (Jun 2012)

Education

• Post Graduate Certificate in Management, University of Bath
• MEng Electronic Engineering, University of York

About Me

• Previously worked for QinetiQ in Malvern
• Enjoy playing Golf, Squash, Cycling, Running and Volleyball
• Have lived in Brighton, Redhill, Cheltenham, Worcester, York
• Grew up in Brentwood, Essex