As of: 2021-09-23 The permanent address of this page: https://iki.fi/joel.yliluoma/cv.html
PERSONAL
| Name | Joel YLILUOMA |
|---|---|
| Birthyear | 1978 |
| Internet | https://iki.fi/bisqwit/, _ujowel.jaHyliDEluom4_ma@0ikiW0J.fi |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| 2021– | (Part-time) | Consultant | Etteplan Embedded Finland (as Espotel Oy) |
| 2018– | (Part-time) | Independent Entrepreneur | Self-employed Maintenance & development for servers and web apps |
| 2016–21 | Senior Software Engineer | Etteplan Embedded Finland (as Espotel Oy) Embedded development (ARM7, STM32, nRF5, SMARC Linux) | |
| 2016– | (Part-time) | Dance Instructor | Helsingin Tuomiokirkkoseurakunta (Lutheran Church in Helsinki) |
| 2014–16 | Coach driver | Savonlinja Oy (as Etelä-Suomen Linjaliikenne Oy) Bus driver (municipal & intercity) | |
| 2013–21 | (Part-time) | Dance Instructor | Espoon Seurakuntayhtymä (Lutheran Church in Espoo) |
| 2013–17 | (Part-time) | Consultant | City Dev Labs Maintenance & development for servers and web apps |
| 2000–12 | Software Designer | City Dev Labs (as W3 Group, W-Create, W3Create and Nettipaja) Web app design, Linux server administration | |
| 1999–14 | (Part-time) | Data Conversion Specialist | Järventausta Oy |
| 1995–01 | Software Designer | Solteq Oyj (as Osarsoft Consulting Oy) Design of DOS apps & database reports |
EDUCATION
| 2021– | 40 credits (12/360) (ongoing) | B.Sc & M.Sc | University of Helsinki |
| 2020–21 | 25 credits | Education Sciences | Open university in University of Turku |
| 2020 | 5/25 credits | Special Education | Open university in University of Helsinki |
| 2014 | Driver CPC (preparatory studies) | Vocational Qualification in Logistics | TTS Koulutus Oy |
| 1998–00 | 22.5 credits (not graduated) | B.CompSc or B.Eng | Espoo-Vantaa University of Technology |
| 1997–98 | 330 d | Military service (telecommunications regiment) | The Finnish Defence Forces I also developed a network analysis program for the YVI2 telecommunication vehicles. |
| 1994–97 | 3990 h | Vocational Qualification in ICT | Keravan Ammattioppilaitos A student award of good progress from Järvenpään Data-Keskus Oy |
Professional Competence (Driver CPC) for bus, coach, lorry (currently expired)
POSITIONS OF TRUST
| 2021–25 | Deputy member of the Education committee in Kerava |
| 2020–22 | Member of the board in Keravan Perussuomalaiset ry |
| 2019 | Member of Election committee in Kerava (parliament elections & EU elections) |
| 2019–20 | Member of the board in Skrolli ry |
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
I love teaching and instructing people. Nothing delights me more
than to see a person grasp a new thing after I have explained
something clearly and patiently.
As a person I am honest and frank. I like to approach each person as an
individual, and I usually get along well with old and young people alike.
Languages
| Finnish | native | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fluent (written and spoken) | CEFR-C1 or C2 |
| Swedish | basics | barely CEFR-A1 |
| Japanese | basics | JLPT 4, barely CEFR-A1 |
| Hebrew | beginner: biblical phrases and alphabet |
COMPUTER SKILLS
I am an experienced programmer in a multitude of programming languages
and a few microcontroller platforms, such as AVR, PIC, 6502, and Z80,
and I have twenty years of experience of using relational databases
such as MySQL in commercial products.
I also enjoy reading source code, and take pride in being good at that.
I particularly enjoy C++, and like to keep up to date with the newest standards.
Some other keywords that define my expertise:
C, git, gcc, bash, nasm, ffmpeg, clang, Linux, Debian, xterm, MCU, hex editor, reverse engineering, x86, 6502, asm, concurrency.
MAJOR PROJECTS
- A system for RS485-linked embedded measurement devices communicating over a single time-constrained LoRa link, with automatic endpoint negotiation.
- Two multilanguage web dictionary suites for different companies, developed at W3 Group Finland. Highly related with database, network and character set issues.
- A database browser with a textmode windowing UI for DOS. (Licensed by Osarsoft Consulting Oy)
- Online Japanese-English dictionary application with many kanji-related tools. (own project): https://iki.fi/bisqwit/japtools/
- Several unlicensed legacy video game “fan-translation” projects, which have involved 1000—30000 lines of text per game, and adding tons of custom assembler code doing things such as name inflection and custom cutscenes. See more at: https://iki.fi/bisqwit/gametrans.html
- An multilanguage online members directory software. Developed at W3 Group Finland. Has been used by several large organizations in Finland, including 4H and Rotary.
- Founder of the online community TASVideos (http://tasvideos.org/), a wiki/forums/directory web-site specializing in tool-assisted speedruns of video games. I hand-coded and maintained the site from 2003 through 2009. It is currently the world’s largest source of tool-assisted speedruns, universally recognized in the speedrun community.
- YouTube channel “Bisqwit”. I create and publish programming and technology videos on my free time. Topics include 3D engine design, embedded system/video game console emulators, technology studies etc.
HOBBIES
- Computer programming since 1992.
- Israeli folk dance since 2009 (teaching since 2013; biweekly 2016—2020)
- YouTube content creator. As of 1/2020, my programming-oriented channel has over 100 thousand subscribers.
- Old console games (Nintendo etc.): soundtracks, translating, and hacking
- The game of Go, https://bisqwit.iki.fi/jutut/go2.html
- Languages and cultures: Japanese, Hebrew.
REFERENCES
- Try a Google-search either for “bisqwit” (my online alias) or “joel yliluoma”
- The YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/Bisqwit/videos
- The personal website, https://iki.fi/joel.yliluoma/