Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Brookline, Massachusetts, United States · Remote

Dec 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Remote

• Co-write weekly newsletter on Django. 320+ editions so far reaching 4,300+ engaged developers each week.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · Remote

• Co-host and produce the leading podcast focused on the Django web framework. Almost 200 episodes with 750,000+ downloads.

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · Remote

• - Appointed to the DSF in recognition of contributions to advancing and promoting Django https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/individual-members/

Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs · Remote

• Treasurer of the non-profit organization that runs the Django Web Framework
• Elected to the Board, managed and updated all finances for 6-figure tech non-profit
• Created annual Django Developers Survey
• Launched official Django merchandise store

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Brookline, MA · On-site

• Created educational website with tutorials and courses focused on Python and web development
• Coded entire site from scratch (no LLMs), featuring payments with Stripe, permissions for users, etc.
• Authored three best-selling books, Django for Beginners, Django for APIs, and Django for Professionals that are now in their 5th editions, available in paperback and as e-books
• Regular DjangoCon conference speaker

Jan 2016 – Sep 2016 · 8 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

• Advisor and engineer for cloud-based search startup (acquired September 2016)
• Designed and implemented complete update to Go-powered main website
• Multiple UI improvements with AngularJS
• Assisted CEO with fundraising rounds and marketing

Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 · 0 mo · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

• Created and taught an original course on web development
• Syllabus, course materials, and final projects at https://wsvincent.com/csci16/

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

• Built real-time online signups and payments solution with MeteorJS, MongoDB, NodeJS
• Marketed and sold service to small businesses; wrote official Stripe tutorial for MeteorJS

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

• Designed, architected, and coded school rankings website
• Built with Python, Django, Postgres, Mapbox, Algolia, Heroku, etc.
• Wrote Python scrips for data analysis of 50+ federal and state education databases
• Created a proprietary ranking algorithm for 100,000+ K-12 schools nationwide

Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 · 3 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

• Employee #3; worked directly with Founder & CEO on all aspects of the business
• Initiated and product managed top-ranked iOS app with millions of downloads
• Successfully recruited engineers from MIT, Stanford, Columbia

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

• Promoted to Editor in 3 years; youngest Editor in the division by over a decade
• Award-winning books included New York Times bestsellers, National Book Award (Finalist), National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist) and the official biography of Jane Goodall
• Authors included Michael Lewis, Anthony Bourdain, Susan Orlean, and Brian Greene