I'm Tim Dobson, a self taught developer and lifelong learner who loves to explore new technologies and build products that people us.

• 🔭 I’m currently the chair of The Caving Crew a BCA affiliated caving club that I founded. I've recently stepped down as Chair of The Climbing Clan. Through my work with these clubs, I've developed several software products to assist with club operations. Most notably, I've created neoClan, a second-generation membership check-in system.
• 🌱 I’m currently teaching myself React with the Mantine framework, React Native and Next.js, as well as exploring react-query and advanced git workflows.
• 👯 I’m keen on opportunities for freelance work and development. If you have an exciting project, I'd love to collaborate!
• 💬 Ask me about Linux administration, rock climbing and caving.
• ⚡ Fun fact: I have a wonderful son named James.

• Junior Javascript Developer at XEBIT LIMITED (March 2022 - Present): I write Javascript integrating with Google Sheets and WordPress to help businesses automate their processes.
• Chair of The Climbing Clan (November 2017 - September 2024): Founded a climbing group and developed software products to support club operations. Stood down as Chair in September 2024.
• Chair of The Caving Crew (Jan 2020 - Present): Founded a caving group with a very similar setup and structure to the Climbing Clan.
• Technical Sales Consultant at Migrating Dragons (April 2018 - March 2022): Supported technology companies in building and executing sales strategies.
• Customer Success Manager at Brightbox (October 2018 - October 2019): Helped developers test our platform and gather feedback.
• User Research Specialist at Guardian Angel (February 2019 - July 2019): Conducted user research to improve a free tool for families following the death of a loved one.
• Senior Account Manager at Formisimo (July 2017 - April 2018): Onboarded enterprise customers onto our SaaS platform.
• Head of Sales & Account Management at Bytemark Hosting (November 2010 - September 2016): Managed customer relationships and sales, leading to significant revenue growth.

• Programming Languages: JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS
• Frameworks and Libraries: React.js, React Native, Mantine, Next.js, react-query
• Tools and Platforms: Git, WordPress, Linux, Google Apps Script
• Spoken Languages: English (Native), Russian (GSCE/not conversational), French (A Level/clumsy conversational)

Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to explore my repositories and get in touch if you’d like to work together or just chat about tech and climbing.