Self-Introduction

• I'm a mid-40s developer working at a small-to-medium enterprise.
• My nickname "Park Juntai" is derived from the middle characters of my real name.
• I first experienced programming with GW-BASIC during elementary school.
• I self-taught C language in middle school, though I never really built anything substantial with it. Around this time, I started using the Sebeolsik keyboard layout, which I continue to use to this day.
• I majored in Japanese during high school, but I wasn't a particularly good student. Moreover, I've forgotten most of it by now.
• After military service, I attended a government-funded programming academy for 6 months, and then began my career as a developer working as a contractor at a Japanese company.
• My first job was in Seoul, where I worked for a little over 2.5 years, including 1 year in Tokyo, Japan. (That was already 20 years ago.)
• Afterward, I worked primarily as a Java developer contractor for financial institutions, public organizations, and large corporations.
• While working in the financial sector, I somehow ended up working mostly with foreign banks. I also have experience working at the domestic N Bank, which was notorious for its intense work environment at the time, though in my experience it wasn't as difficult as its reputation suggested. (Actually, I remember the I Bank next-generation project being the most challenging.)
• Later, I worked at a media company for about 6.5 years, primarily using NodeJS, handling both frontend and backend development, managing AWS infrastructure, developing apps, and basically doing whatever was needed. I worked there until last summer and left due to various circumstances, but I think this was the most enjoyable and satisfying period of my career as a developer due to the high degree of freedom in choosing technology stacks.
• Currently, I work as an in-house developer at a small company somewhere in Seoul. I develop, lead projects, manage infrastructure, and do various tasks as needed. I'm the oldest employee in the company.
• Currently, I'm developing a service with an API based on Nest and an admin interface based on Next. For infrastructure, we're using a mix of Cloudflare and AWS.
• I dream of creating an organizational culture where everyone enjoys working, though I haven't been able to properly implement anything yet.
• I started my professional life with just a high school diploma and later graduated from an open university and an evening graduate school.
• I live in Incheon, have been married for 12 years, and have an elementary school-aged child.
• I enjoy console games. I don't particularly favor any specific platform and play on various systems, but since I don't have much time for gaming these days, I often start games but don't finish them.
• I enjoy game series like Yakuza (Like a Dragon), The Legend of Zelda, Mario, and Pikmin.
• About 10 years ago, I was somewhat active in open source contributions, but that's essentially on hold now. Still, my heart is always with the open source community.
• I have a small desire to both positively influence and be influenced through Hackers' Pub.
• On Hackers' Pub, I mainly want to share stories about life as a developer.