L. O'Boyle II

A brief summary: I grew up in a remote, rural area of the United States. I still had dial-up as late as 2012, which is when I moved out and started college.

I studied Computer Science, ran a few clubs, and captained a collegiate blue/red team for a couple of years. During that time I landed my first development job as a Web Developer at a small company doing PHP with Laravel, then moved on to an internship as a Software Developer. In my third year I took a Systems Administrator role at the university; the benefits paid for the rest of my undergraduate and graduate degrees. After my partner and I finished our respective graduate degrees, they found work in the Chicago area and I followed. I worked at a financial institution as a Linux Systems Engineer for about a year, then switched teams to a Software Engineer position on network-capture software, now I am the Team Lead of the the Network Capture Services team. My primary development is in C++.

Outside of work I spend my time reading, building terrain scenes, doing useless development, spending money on a home lab, playing video games, community mentorship, and fostering.