Joe Hootman

@hootman
Austin, TX

Christian

Data and Analytics

Software Developer

Python

Machine Learning

SQL

Book Worm

Project Management

Reader

Writer

Volunteer

Remote Worker

Learner

Admitter of Failures

Husband

Father of four

Lutheran

Pastor

Editor-in-Chief

Software Engineering

Coding

Life Long Learner

Freelancer

Web Developer

Entrepreneur

Early Adopter

Thinker

Personal Growth

Parent

Visual Studio Code

Introvert

Academic Research

Systems Thinker

History Nerd

Failure

Burnout Survivor

Culture Builder

Family man

Editor

Writing

Ditched Facebook

Father

Diving into oceans of data to help you discover pearls of wisdom.

I'm open to

freelance roles,

software development projects,

writing,

partnering on side projects,

participating in user research,

beta testing new products,

joining discords,

editing books,

proofreading,

and writing blog posts.

Contact Me

Resume

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May 2022 - Present

Ecommerce Developer, HootLabs

Apr 2021 - May 2022

Database Administrator, The University of Texas at Austin

Mar 2019 - Apr 2021

Business Intelligence Developer, Smile Doctors

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

Senior Data Quality Engineer, RetailMeNot

Portfolio

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Beta testing Readwise Reader. Amazing!

Offered feedback on MakerBox.

Started learning Stata.

Earned GitLab's Remote Foundations badge.

Professional Engagement

Co-Chaired Austin Technology Council CTO/CIO Roundtable. Planned programs, led meetings, recruited speakers, promoted events.

Articles and blogs

Practical, fun, reflective piece on presentation from Electronic Frontier Foundation-Austin meeting.

My reflections on a presentation by Jonathan Mugan of DeepGrammar at Data Day Texas. Discusses the history and current state of attempts to move natural language processing forward into a more gene...