I'm a business professional with strong information technology skills.
I have over 10 years of experience working for media and technology companies. I started my career in finance and business development. Post-Grad, I switched to marketing and did growth-oriented marketing for startups. My focuses were user acquisition and conversion optimization.
The technical side of marketing inspired me to study design and web development. In mid-2015, I started teaching myself UX design, UI Design, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript after work. A few months later, I decided to become a frontend developer.
To speed up my transition, I took a sabbatical for most of 2016 to study design and web technology full-time. Besides teaching myself, I completed a full-time web development boot camp. In October, I started applying for frontend development jobs. A month later I landed my first frontend job at IBM iX.
After ~5 years in frontend engineering, I made a lateral move into product management to focus my energy on aligning people and driving business outcomes.
Currently, I'm a product manager at Staffbase, which is a leading communications platform for businesses. My group is building Staffbase's external communications solution. Specifically, my team is responsible for the social media component of the overall external communications offer.
I earned an MBA from EDHEC Business School in France. I also hold a B.S. in Business Administration, with an emphasis on finance, from California State University, Los Angeles. And I'm a Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI - ACP) certificate holder.
š¤ - I work full-time for Staffbase.
š ļø - I know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, and basic SQL
š - I'm shopping around for a new programming side project š¤.
š± - Iām learning more React, more TypeScript, algorithmic layout, CSS Grid, fundamental data structures and algorithms
š£ļø - My technical learning roadmap includes a full-stack JavaScript framework (e.g. Blitz, Remix, Sails), full-stack application architecture, AWS via Serverless Framework, PostgreSQL, web animation, data visualization (via D3), and a few GoF design patterns
š - In 2020, I published Level Up and Launch, a limited series of articles about my experience leveling up my technical skills full-time to get my first React job.
āš¾ - I created a blog named Diaminding, but I haven't started publishing yet
š - My personal website is georgebullock.dev
š« - You can follow me On Twitter @george_bullock
ā” - Other Fun facts
- I'm an occasional Unsplash contributor. Check out my photos here š·.
- I briefly worked in theatrical marketing for Lionsgate. I met a handful of celebs and literally got paid to watch movies š¬.
- Before moving to Germany š©šŖ I lived in France š«š· and Mexico š²š½ for one year each. But, I don't speak French or Spanish š¤·š¾āāļø.
- I love Deep House šļø, Synthwave š¦, 90s Hip Hop š¤, crime dramas š« (especially Heat and Collateral), sci-fi šø, BBQ š, and Asian food š„”
- My favorite restaurant: It's a tie between Doyum Restaurant š¹š· and Good Friends šØš³.
- My favorite baked good: Oatmeal raisin cookies šŖ.
- Pineapple on pizza? Nope š š¾āāļø.
- My coffee order: Americano with a bit of whole milk š®.
- I mastered the art of making American-style pancakes from scratch š„.