Hello, my name is Duane.

I can either lead the team, or write the code. I use any programming language I need to, in order to lead the team to success.

I'm fullstack, but prefer working on the backend or embedded systems when I'm not designing the entire thing.

I try daily not to have an ego. I learn what I can from others and try to be humble despite my deep and wide T-shaped experience. I have also been lucky enough to provide leadership for globally distributed engineering teams in both the world of fortune50 enterprise, and in startups.

I'm based out of Seattle, WA, and enjoy my local PDT timezone. See my Availability for more data.

I have a high work ethic that I do not see as often in others as I would like; I value integrity, and I think that the word of a person should actually mean something. I expect the people I interact with to be honest and transparent and have good intentions. People who violate that expectation don't stay in my life.

I consider myself a musician, despite being terrible at it, because if you can play an instrument, then you are a musician, and my heart beats like a drum. I also own more musical instruments than I'm uncomfortable with.

I'm a game developer, and have worked as part of professional AAA gaming console development teams in Redmond, WA. I also own GameDev.Com and use it for consulting and projects.

I'm lucky enough to have a passport that has stamps in it from before the pandemic, and while I don't feel like travel is an option anymore, I'm glad I got the opportunity to travel the world pre-covid. I have absolutely no intention to do any kind of travel in the future.

I will not tolerate hate, bigotry, or discrimination of any kind. I'm not a fan of bullies. I aspire to high ideals, and set a high personal standard for myself.

I want to know what it would take for you to join our team. How do I ask?

Thank you for your interest but I'm currently not available as I'm in a fully remote role that allows me to work from home.

As a result of this if I took on more work, it would just cut into my personal ability to take care of others. I try not to work too much just to protect my health because I value sustainable productivity over large productivity spikes that would just result in self-destruction; I choose stability and sustained growth over any form of over-employment.

If you want me to reach out to you if I start looking for work, let me know.

I want to know the minimum amount of money you would be willing to accept to work for us. How do I ask?

There is no legal way for you to ask me this question due to the new pay transparency law referenced above. It Dramatically and INTENTIONALLY changed the process that recruiters are legally allowed to use in WA state. Long story short, asking me that question is now illegal in my state, due to the above pay transparency law.

We also outlawed asking about a persons past/historical wages, because bad people were using the lower wages of less experienced people in the same title to limit the future wages of more experience people. Since people could not be trusted to ask this question with good faith, they simply made it illegal to ask.

The new pay transparency law that started 1/1/2025 explicitly outlaws asking about about a persons pay expectations or "what they want to make"; The recruiter is *required* to give the good faith pay range being offered for the role in the first conversation, and is not allowed to ask about pay anymore, in any way, as the expectation is now that the pay transparency law will be followed. And so because it's being followed, and because the recruiter is offering that data to prove they are first-party enough to be considered legal and legitimate, nobody ever has to ask about rate anymore.

Visual F.A.Q.

Can you say that all again as an image?