Gigi Sayfan
I'm the DevOps team manager at Helix - a bioinformatics and genomics start-up, author of several books on Kubernetes and Go as well as hundreds of technical articles. I program professionally for 20+ years and still amazed when anything actually works.
ABOUT ME
I'm a long time software developer. I started programming in the early 80s (yes, the previous millennium) on the Dragon 32 and I never grew out of it. I was born and raised in Israel, served in the IDF (Israeli Defense forces) for three and a half years in the paratroopers and special forces. I even got shot in the leg during my military service, but don't worry I healed completely and even ran a half marathon a few months later. I studied computer science at Tel-Aviv university and got an MBA too. I started developing software professionally in 1995 and I'm still at it. I'm currently a principal software architect at Helix (http://www.helix.com) - Where we build a consumer genomics and bioinformatics platform. I've had a very diverse career, mostly working for startup companies where I wore multiple hats, often at the same time. I always follow my passion and try to work in a new interesting domain. Here are some of the domains and industries I contributed to: - instant messaging (when it just started) - morphing - chip fabrication process control - embedded multimedia applications for game consoles (Sony PlayStation) - brain-inspired machine learning (Numenta) - custom browser... See More
