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Hi there!

I am Alix Fachin, software developer working for OneCareer, a Japanese software company helping students and professionals choosing the next step in their careers.

I studied Computer Science in college, then went to work in finance, then worked in hospitality and am working in software development again!

Trivia Facts

  • Born in France, lived abroad since I graduated from college
  • Speaks French, English, Japanese. Studied German aber ich habe alles vergessen!
  • The first video game I played was “New Zealand Story” from Taito, on an Amiga 500
  • The first time I coded seriously was on my scientific calculator HP48SX in high school
  • My main projects at university were coding a Ada Compiler, and finally a multi-threaded OS in C and Assembly
  • I started my career in finance, developing macros and scripts for traders. I then coded a high-frequency options trading system, and was promoted to a trader position
  • The first video game I finished without cheat codes was Final Fantasy X on PS2
  • My favourite video game ever was The Last of Us II on PS4

Experienced with:

JavaScript
TypeScript
Angular
Cypress
Git
Docker
React.js
Riot.js
Node.js
Sequelize
GraphQL
Rust