John-Michael H. Smith — Software Engineer

John-Michael
H. Smith

Software Engineer · Metro Atlanta, GA

Hello, I'm a software engineer based in Metro Atlanta. I enjoy listening to music, reading, and building hobby projects.

I earned a Master's in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, specializing in computing systems. At the University of Georgia, I earned a Bachelor's in Computer Science and a Certificate in Applied Data Science.

WORK HISTORY

Macy's

Software Engineer

Java Spring Python SQL

04.2022 – Present

Self-Employed

Freelance Developer

JavaScript React Node.js

05.2019 – 04.2022

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NOW

Auto-refreshed daily from Goodreads, Last.fm, and Setlist.fm.

† Reading

CURRENTLY READING

· Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

Peter Godfrey-Smith

· Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Jon Meacham

· Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Sean Carroll

· Essential Mathematics for Quantum Computing: A beginner's guide to just the math you need without needless complexities

Leonard S Woody III

· The Life of Chuck

Stephen King

RECENTLY READ

· A FIERCE DISCONTENT

Michael E. McGerr

· Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

Samir Okasha

· Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction

Susan Blackmore

· Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

Simon Blackburn

· What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

Thomas Nagel

· Full shelf on Goodreads ↗

† Listening

TOP ARTISTS · PAST 30 DAYS

· Avenged Sevenfold

· Lorna Shore

· Screaming Trees

· Mad Season

· Movements

· Alice in Chains

· Basement

· Bring Me the Horizon

· Full history on Last.fm ↗ — tracking since Dec 2017

· Hand-curated Spotify playlist ↗ — 3000+ songs, 200+ hours, 10+ years in the making

† Shows

78 LOGGED

· 04.26.26Alter Bridge — Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta — Atlanta

· 04.26.26Tim Montana — Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta — Atlanta

· 04.26.26Sevendust — Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta — Atlanta

· 09.13.25My Chemical Romance — Raymond James Stadium, Tampa — Tampa

· 09.13.25Evanescence — Raymond James Stadium, Tampa — Tampa

· Full log on Setlist.fm ↗

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EDUCATION · SELECTED COURSEWORK

† Georgia Tech

12.2024

· M.S. Computer Science

· Computing Systems · GPA 3.70

· Selected Coursework:

· CS 7650:Natural Language ProcessingPython

· CS 7400:Quantum ComputingQiskit

· CS 8001:Large Language Models Seminar

· CS 7646:Machine Learning for TradingPython

· CS 6515:Graduate AlgorithmsPython

† University of Georgia

05.2019

· B.S. Computer Science

· Cert. Applied Data Science · GPA 3.72 Cum Laude

· Selected Coursework:

· CSCI 6550:Artificial IntelligenceJava

· CSCI 6380:Data MiningPython scikit-learn

· CSCI 6800:Human-Computer Interaction

· CSCI 4150:Numerical Simulation in Sci and EngMATLAB

· CSCI 3360:Data Science IPython

† Kennesaw State University

2015 – 2017

· Computer Science

· GPA 3.83

† Full Coursework →