update skills and apolitical role

Floppy · Mar 21, 2018 · f9d1e7b · f9d1e7b
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diff --git a/_data/skills.json b/_data/skills.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   ],
   "Languages": [
     "Ruby", 
+    "JavaScript", 
     "C++", 
     "C", 
     "Java", 
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
     "React Native",
     "Objective C", 
     "Rust",
-    "JavaScript", 
     "CoffeeScript", 
     "PHP",
   ],
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
     "three.js",
   ],
   "Design": [
+    "Serverless",
+    "Microservices",
     "HTTP",
     "REST",
     "HATEOAS",
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
     "iOS",
     "Heroku",
     "AWS",
+    "Google Cloud Platform",
     "OpenStack"
   ],
   "Databases": [
@@ -84,15 +87,14 @@
     "Git", 
     "GitHub",
     "Subversion", 
-    "Capistrano", 
+    "Kubernetes", 
     "Chef", 
     "RVM",
     "rbenv",
     "Passenger", 
     "Apache", 
     "nginx", 
     "make", 
-    "Ant",
     "JIRA"
   ],
 }
diff --git a/_experiences/apolitical.md b/_experiences/apolitical.md
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ location: London, UK
 status: employed
 role: Head of Engineering
 skills:
-  - Ruby
-  - C++
-  - C
-  - Ruby on Rails
-  - HTML5
-  - CSS3
+  - Node.js
+  - Kubernetes
 print: true  
 default: true
 ---
+
+I am currently employed at Apolitical, a platform for public servants to connect and share what’s working in government. As the first in-house technical hire, I am building and leading an engineering team that is creating the next generation of Apolitical's platform. As we are currently a small team, my role is a combination of hands-on coding, strategic architectural work, and team management.
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+We are changing from a monolithic approach to microservices managed with Kubernetes, built in a variety of languages as appropriate for the task at hand. We are also using 'serverless' functions, and integrations with many third-party services.