Skyler Burden
Allendale,MI
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Intern
Gentex Corporation
05.2024 - 08.2025
- Learned software architecture process through the creation of library-level architecture and detailed design documents
- Designed informative diagrams using plantUML and drawio to explain code states and hierarchical structure
- Brought necessary libraries up to process through code changes and style fixes to improve readability and enforce consistency across Gentex's managed libraries
- Created baseline bootloader and application for assigned project
Server
Olive Garden
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Received high customer reviews due to attentive service and proficient delivery of food items
- Upsold high-profit items such as desserts, alcoholic beverages, and take-home items leading to an increase in revenue for the company
- Demonstrated competency and proficiency through utilization of the POS system, resulting in error-free order placement and accurate management of customers' bills
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI04.2025
Skills
- Extensive experience with Python and C
- Skilled in SQL and Linux commands
- Proficient with plantUML, Drawio, and Asciidoctor for creating software architecture documentation
- Knowledgeable of Bash, Awk, and Sed scripting
- Familiar with project management/version control through Git and GitHub
- Beginner to front-end development through JavaScript and React
Projects
Procedurally Generated Roguelike Video Game
- Collaborated with a professor through the GVSU S3 Research program to create a procedurally generated Roguelike video game, following a guided tutorial.
- Conducted in-depth research on different procedural generation techniques for the game’s terrain, such as simplex noise, cellular automata, and rectangular rooms.
- Established baseline testing criteria for the game and discussed different methods of qualifying these criteria within the program.
Eagle Scout Leadership Project
- Built 5 benches in Wetzel State Recreation Area, providing seating areas for joggers and disabled persons, and offering break stations along the rough terrain of the trails.
- Demonstrated leadership by conceptualizing project, presenting formal project proposal to park committee members, fundraising for materials, and organizing/overseeing multiple volunteer teams during build sessions and installation to ensure benches conformed with local governmental regulations.
Timeline
Intern
Gentex Corporation
05.2024 - 08.2025
Server
Olive Garden
09.2022 - 04.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Grand Valley State University
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