Jason Alexander
Cadence

I'm a self-taught developer based in Woodland, Washington with background and experience that spans a wide variety of fields. I have worked retail jobs, manufacturing, and, latest, was a season as a Tax Professional.

I have been working with computers pretty much my entire life, with a love of video games and eventually programming as well. My daily driver has been Arch Linux for well over a decade and my favorite language to use is Rust.

In 2014, I achieved my Associates degree with a foundations in Business Management, and just two years after that I started attending Southern New Hampshire University to get my Bachelor's in Computer Science and IT. I have also completed a Full-Stack Web Development Course from CarrerFoundry.

I recently considered returning to school, yet again, to go for another bachelors in Accounting to pair with my experience as a Tax Professional, however, as of late I find myself burnt out with traditional schooling. Instead, I have embraced my ADHD nature of exploring hobbies and interests and researching through the act of creation. The result is a lot of half-finished projects, but having a blast in the process.

In the last couple of years have I been diagnosed with ADHD, Autism, and Depression, which, as you can imagine, is about as fun as it sounds. However, I am trying to move forward regardless and to focus on the positives. One such side effect is that I used to be upset with myself as I bounced from hobby to hobby. Now, I am seeing that I have learned so many tools and tricks becuase each of those hobbies and experiances have given me a wealth of foundational knowdlge on different tools and techniques.

Outside of work and study, I love video games, tabletop RPGS, books, cooking, frankly too many things to list. However, no matter what I have been doing, I want to write code that ties it all together, building the things that work for me, and what I need. Along the way, if someone else can learn from what I have made and improve it, then I think we have both made a difference.

A quick note about my name: Legally my name is Steven Briggs, and online I have gone by several monikers including Rocin Rykor and, currently, Decrypt. However, in this chapter of my life I have come to realize the importance of names and the fact those who chose mine, did so without knowing me. It is a fine name for the person that I was, but it is not the person I choose to be. My name is Jason Alexander Cadence.