Erik Michaels-Ober Bio

Erik Michaels-Ober

Software Engineer

San Francisco

Erik has been writing code since he was 8 years old. He has been employed to write code in 10 different programming languages. He has been using Ruby–his current language of choice–since 2006. He is the author of many popular Ruby libraries and has been invited to speak at programming conferences around the world. Erik has led numerous programming workshops, including RailsBridge, and was a 2011 Google Summer of Code mentor. He was a 2011 Code for America Fellow and Co-Founder of 140 Proof.

Erik Michaels-Ober

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