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## About me

By day I am a **software developer**, working on the tooling that powers children's TV productions at [Industrial Brothers](https://www.industrialbrothers.com/).
Perviously worked with [Raider Robotics](https://www.raiderrobotics.org/), building high-performance robotic control system software.

By night I am *"indecisive about my hobbies"*. I bounce around between a large collection of interests, with the common focus of wanting to learn how things *really work*. I take deep dives into topics that I find interesting, and occasionally write about them [on my blog](/blog).

## Whats in the works

I am currently working on a few projects, including:

- Maintaining [AS54041](https://as54041.peeringdb.com), a small computer network
- Publishing music under my own name on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aLNEmgqBJkhfkEZvf8Vh5) and [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/evan-pratten/1611566708)
- Practicing my morse code skills on-air as [VA3ZZA](https://www.qrz.com/db/va3zza)

## Past experience

The following is a list of notable positions I have held in the past:

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- **Raider Robotics**: *Lead of Software Development*
  - Taught control systems development & embedded programming to high school students
  - Designed, built, and maintained [Lib5K](https://github.com/frc5024/lib5k), a Java-based monolithic robotics library
  - Gave multiple public talks on control systems and motion planning
  - Designed core software components for 4 competitive robots
  - Directed projects that won multiple software design awards
- **BealTV**: *Broadcast Engineer*
  - Managed vaious aspects of the production workflow, including:
    - Camera operation & switching
    - Livestream egress
    - Sound mixing
  - Built a new video streaming pipeline for the studio using Blackmagic video switching hardware and various pieces of open-source software
- **PCOL**: *Computer Technician*
  - Build custom computer systems for a wide range of requirements
  - Performed various routine maintenance tasks on client's systems
  - Wrote various task automation tools to streamline our workflow
- **RetryLife**: *Co-founder & Artist*
  - Composed two orchestral pieces for student orchestras
  - Produced a full-length theatrical soundtrack
  - Published 24 albums

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## Looking for more?

Try checking out my [blog](/blog) for written content, or my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/ewpratten) for personal software projects. Consider [getting in touch](/contact) if you would like to chat about anything I do.