Eric Smith
Software Crafter at 8th Light
Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEric Smith is a Software Crafter with 13+ years of experience building high-quality custom software across web, iOS, and .NET platforms, currently crafting solutions at 8th Light. He pairs hands-on development with team leadership—training, coaching, and mentoring apprentices to raise engineering standards. Earlier roles at Siemens Building Technologies and Mission Studios gave him deep experience in embedded and tooling domains, including mission editor development. A DePaul alumnus with both a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Video Game Development, he blends rigorous CS fundamentals with creative product thinking. Based in Vernon Hills, Illinois, he’s known for pragmatic craftsmanship: shipping maintainable code while cultivating technical growth in others. An often-overlooked strength is his multi-decade perspective on evolving platforms, enabling thoughtful technology choices rather than chasing trends.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at DePaul University30x500
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Github Skills (168)
game-development10
rust10
webassembly10
koan9
language-server-protocol9
porting9
language-server9
zola9
pointer9
vscode9
code-coverage9
dojo8
emacs8
godot8
vim8
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
paytonrules/blackjack
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:83 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
PacktPublishing/Game-Development-with-Rust-and-WebAssembly
Feb 2021 - May 2022
Game Development with Rust and WebAssembly, Published by Packt
Contributions:4 reviews, 603 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year 3 months
game-developmentrustwebassembly
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