unusual capabilities as a programmer

• ability to handle large code bases solo (250,000+ lines of personal code)

• experience partitioning large work to keep testable and maintainable

• focused on support, real-time debugging, and maintainability

• deep business experience and acumen to provide context

• experience working with diverse cultures as part of consulting

• adapt easily to challenging iterative and prototyping environments

• comfortable dealing with difficult workloads, schedules, and pressure

• work naturally as part of almost any team make-up or in any project phase

• can operate quite independently to free up management attention