Craig Kempson

Craig Kempson

Father - Husband - Software Developer - Geek

Father
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Husband
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Software Developer
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Geek

Eat, sleep, code, repeat

Hello! I am a software developer based in Staffordshire, UK.

I'm a husband to one wonderful wife, a father to two brilliant boys and a proud, self-confessed geek.

I fall into the typical "family man" mould and am happiest spending time with and around them. The boys are growing up too fast - which is, I think, a sign of me getting old!

In my work life, I'm one of those sad types who loves what he does; I've been working in the technology industry for two decades at this point, getting my start when I was 20. I've held a variety of roles in that time from pure development, to sysadmin, to product manager, to hybrids of everything.

My current position is as a fully-remote software developer - the days of travelling into the office were put to an end at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. My work buddies and I are part of a wider distributed team located across the UK, and as a small part of a wider business group, we have colleagues across the world.

I really enjoy C#, but have worked with JavaScript and Delphi for a number of years too. Windows is my home, although I love Linux as well (just don't get me started on macOS).

<3 Code
Comics

At home I like to spend my time reading comics, listening to music, gaming (XBOX, Switch, PC and mobile) and watching films - I have seen most of the Marvel films more times than I can count, in particular Avengers Assemble, Winter Soldier and Infinity War, one of which I usually see a week (don't you watch a film you've seen countless times before whilst you're ironing?).

I usually say something like "despite being an Aston Villa fan, I'm actually a fan of football" - but we've been doing OK in recent times so I won't; I also enjoy rugby union and the F1.

Thanks for stopping by.