Jon Choukroun

From chords to code: my software engineering journey

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About Me

I was born in the land of sunshine and surf, Orange County, California. Started my career as a sound engineer, a composer, an arranger in the mad world of music production and television advertising. But I became bored with the same old beat and sought a new challenge.

Traded in the mixing board and earned a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California, then a master's in International Economic Policy from George Washington University. This led to a gig in management consulting for the financial services industry.

But it was programming that really got me excited. I taught myself to code, starting with Ruby and Javascript. Self-taught skills landed me a software engineer gig at Twenty20, a startup platform for stock photography. I kept learning - at work and on side projects - adding Elixir, Typescript, C and C++ to my repertoire.

These days, I'm putting my coding skills to use on Apple's iCloud Mail team, making sure folks' emails are safe and sound. You see, I've always had a nose for cybersecurity and user privacy, and I believe in using technology to protect folks from the bad guys. I may not be a private eye, but I know how to dig deep and solve a problem.

As for my interests outside of work, I'm drawn to the challenge of game console emulation and the intricacies of audio application programming. It's a nice change of pace from my day job, and it keeps my mind sharp.

When I'm not knee-deep in code, you'll find me spending time with my wife and daughter, playing a game of chess, watching baseball, or reading a novel.

The above bio was generated by ChatGPT. I provided some facts and asked for the style of Raymond Chandler. I've made some editorial changes, but mostly kept what it spit out.

Contact

I'm not on social media, but you can checkout my GitHub.

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