Message to Recruiters

Hello, technology headhunter! I am contacted by several recruiters a week, and sometimes multiple each day. To save us all some time, please read on...

Résumé

• My résumé is available here.
  • This link is kept up to date. There is no need to contact me for a current résumé.
  • No, I do not have a "Microsoft Word" aka "doc" or "docx" version, nor do I have any way to create one.
• I deliver world-class work (my GitHub and Ohloh profiles speak for themselves).
• If you alter my résumé, for whatever reason, I will blacklist you and your company/agency.

Desired work

• I am an expert systems programmer focused on high-performance computing and low-latency, high-throughput I/O.
  • I am not interested in system administration, business logic, databases, mobile development, user interfaces, or web programming.
  • I am interested in major algorithmic challenges, demanding performance requirements, and exotic computer architectures.
• I am generally uninterested in (and poorly suited for) software development outside the UNIX environment.
• Open Source-friendly candidate employers, especially those with a track record of supporting Open Source projects, will be strongly preferred.

Contacting me

• I am always open to discussing new opportunities, and encourage you to contact me.
• I request that your initial contact come via email to nickblack@linux.com, or via LinkedIn.
  • Do not call me without my explicit permission, or I will blacklist you.

Lead generation

• The majority of people I could comfortably recommend are already happily employed, because they're awesome.
  • I will happily pass along your job description and contact info, but will not pass info the other way. Sorry!