Hi 👋, I'm Charles Odili

A seasoned backend-heavy Snr Fullsatck Software Sngineer, Engineering Manager, and Snr Technical Program Manager from Nigeria. I currently work in Canada for a top-notch Fintech startup delivering an API-backed AI service to millions of customers across Canada, US, & UK through top partner banks. I am a technology, product and people builder (kindly see my LinkedIn recommendations for some hints).

• 💬 Ask me about Backends, REST APIs, OpenAPI, Javascript, Typescript, NodeJS, Python, Docker, CI/CD, Team leadership, Developer Education & Growth, Developer Communities/Programs, Mentorship

• 📫 How to reach me chaluwa[at]gmail.com

• 📄 Know about my experiences & connect https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesodili/

• 📄 Places I've written cool stuff

  1. My Dev Blog - https://chalu.hashnode.dev/
  2. DevOps & CI/CD - https://earthly.dev/blog/ci-vs-cd/
  3. Frontend web apps & performance - https://blog.logrocket.com/comlink-web-workers-match-made-in-heaven/
  4. TS / JS tips tricks Enforcing Correctness Across Dependent Function Argument Values At Compile Time

• ⚡ Fun facts:

  1. I am fondly called "the father of African developers", having designed and led large training programs (in partnership with Google and Facebook) that reached +100K African software engineers, grew them from junior to intermediate, intermediate to senior, and got ~10k of them certified in web, mobile, and cloud technologies over a period of 5 years
  2. Much earlier in my tech career, friends called me a 'dedicated server'. Once I am faced with a problem, it must get crushed without distraction
  3. I was once a bad ass bass player, (I still play sometimes).

• ⚡ Watch out: I mentor engineers and programs across Africa, through programs like TalentQL.

• ⚡ I am a published author. Back in 2012, I published a Java title and might be working on something for backend, cloud and distributted systems in the near future

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