Lexio

• Increasing visibility and sales for local businesses through SEO and web development
• Generating highly qualified leads for B2B service businesses
• Growing YouTube channels to over 100,000+ subscribers
• Managing day-to-day operations and growth strategy

Founder

PTX Therapy

• Led the hiring process and built out the development team
• Coached junior developers and helped them achieve their best work
• Oversaw the production of native Android and iOS apps
• Led large design and architecture decisions, while still writing code myself
• Designed processes for GREAT team coordination and productivity

Technical Lead

Transformed a codebase with a bad foundation into a masterpiece, little by little.

The first 100 days in office:

• Built out important features customers needed, while juggling limited resources
• Identified and immediately fixed critical security vulnerabilities
• Began significant refactoring of bug-inducing legacy code

Management noticed the real-world impact these changes brought about. I had the greenlight to focus on higher-level issues:

• Turned angry customers into devoted fans by completely remodeling the UX
• Reworked the entire software toolchain, including adding unit tests and a CI pipeline
• Improved performance exponentially-- redesigned components for scalability
• Set the foundation for mobile apps by reworking legacy web controllers into a REST API
• Built out systems for team scalability: technical processes, documentation, etc.

Full Stack Web Developer

Software Consulting (Jacob Knotek)

Had the privilege of working on hundreds of projects for private companies in the education, language, music, and health care industries.

Designed and developed with a variety of different architectures, from traditional websites to single-page applications, all depending on the clients' individual needs.

• Worked with clients from the very beginning-- starting from the idea phase
• Architected applications from the ground up
• Performed significance maintenance on legacy codebases
• Designed novel UX features to support clients' unique goals

Full-Stack Web Developer

U.S. VRI

Embarked on the adventure of building a language interpretation and translation agency from the ground up with my co-founder.

Developed in-house video remote interpretation (VRI) software for use with our customers. Pivoted during COVID to sell subscription access to our software directly to other interpreters and agencies.

What we got right:
• Talked to our users relentlessly
• Used customer feedback to iterate and make our customers unbelievably happy
• Managed our development cycles mindfully to ship and test features as fast as possible

What we got wrong:
• Didn't do a large enough volume of sales outreach
• Struggled to craft the right value proposition for decision makers (though interpreters *loved* it)

This was a tremendous learning experience. It has drastically shaped the way I approach software development for startups still searching for product-market fit.

Co-Founder

I used to be a DECENT programmer.

I was self-taught, I'd never worked at a big company like Google, and had never even studied computer science in university...

Naturally, I felt there was something missing...

I didn't want to be a GOOD developer, I wanted to be GREAT.

So I read every software book I could find that I thought was "above" my pay grade.

And after countless hours of soaking up technical details, I learned something extremely important:

Most programming books don't teach the big stuff.

Instead, they teach specific skills will be irrelevant in the next 2 years.

Great for beginners, yes...

But where did the experts get their knowledge?

SOMEONE out there must have mastered the design patterns I had struggled to learn. 

SOMEONE must have known how developers build awesome new frameworks from scratch.

And maybe, just maybe, someone out there knew how to use CSS without consistently contemplating suicide. (Actually, if you've figured this one out, please enlighten me.)

No one was talking about the things I KNEW made a developer a true expert.

So... I learned the old fashioned way: I trudged through the trenches on my own for over 10 years.

Through blood, sweat, tears, and an enormous amount of swearing, I had finally figured it out.

I had finally achieved that feeling of CONTROL over the entire development process.

Along the way, I managed to…

→ Work on hundreds of awesome development projects
→ Safely refactor huge codebases that are now worth millions of dollars
→ Work as technical lead at multiple startups and early-stage companies
→ Grow my software agency to six figures, starting from scratch (and no degree)
→ Rob over 100 banks (okay that’s a lie- I still haven't broken 90)
→ Spend thousands of hours educating other developers on how to do everything above

Now I’m here to share all of those insights with you, every day, for the low cost of $0. Aren’t I a saint?

Just give me a Follow so I can help you save YEARS of your time by breaking past the “intermediate plateau”.

Jacob Knotek

VIP Tires & Service

- Migrate and refactor financial and inventory reports to inter-op w/ new POS.
- Architect & implement internal tools
- Architect & implement automated ETL pipelines for vendors and 3rd parties. 
- Optimize SQL data models and queries for both OLAP and OLTP workloads.
- Architect for ETL pipeline that integrates POS inventory, pricing, and metadata into production website. Resulted in a 99% decrease in stale data on site.

Sr. Software Engineer

ADUSA Distribution, LLC

Projects:
- wrote several automation scripts that improved efficiency and reduced labor costs (10sK/yr)
- implemented a network of R. Pi's for an ease-of-use bulletin board
- advised management in technical decisions and their implications
- deployed a LAN web app using Flask/Python


Responsibilities:
- point of contact for anything IT related.
- administrator for Vocollect voice picking system, WMS3000, YMS, MS Teams.
- install / configure software as needed
- perform basic hardware replacement 
- design & implement reports relating to logistics and inventory using Excel, Access, and VBA
- order parts and replacement electronics

Distribution Systems Coordinator

AWS Inc.

Working Foreman:
- Assist supervision with operational tasks.

Selection:
-Safely operate heavy-duty power equipment to aide in transportation and building of order pallets
-Build stable and accurate pallets

Inventory Control Associate:
-Make sure product is shipped by code date
-Aide supervisors and forklift operators in the identification of a product
-Write reports on damages, and miscellaneous events that happened pertaining to inventory

Receiving Associate
-Assign drivers doors to back down to
-Match BOL with order brake-down
-Verify correct counts
-Adjust electronic counts

Working Foreman

Wendco of Maine

Grill Guy:
-Maintain cooked meat for Sandwich Maker
-Stock refrigerator with fries, nuggets, and meat

Fry Cook:
-Project and maintain a ready-amount of fries with minimal waste

Sandwich Maker:
-Make sandwiches and salads

Cashier:
-Run the register
-Take orders
-Stock front-end supplies 

As a crew member I was required to do all daily food preparations for the business day. Occasionally I was required to do maintenance -- fix doors, switch advertising objects, change the sign outside the store, and make deposits on behalf of the store.

Shift Supervisor

With over 5 years of experience as a software engineer, I have developed and deployed web-based solutions for various domains, including automotive, warehousing, and logistics. I am currently working as a Sr. Software Engineer at VIP Tires & Service, where I use F# and C# to migrate, refactor, and optimize financial and inventory reports, internal tools, and ETL pipelines.

I am passionate about applying my knowledge of computing systems and domain-driven design to solve complex problems and provide more reliable and efficient solutions. I am always eager to learn new technologies and tools, and to collaborate with other professionals to deliver high-quality products and services.

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