# J. B. Rainsberger (@jbrains.ca)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/jbrains.ca
Headline: I help people see how to help themselves

## About

A professional 5-pin bowler who helps software professionals work with less stress for ready money. tdd.training jbrains.ca

## Career

- **Trusted Adviser and Shoulder to Cry On at Diaspar Software Services** (Nov 2001 - Present)
  Summerside, Prince Edward Island, CA
  Chief Executive, Coach to technical leaders, Consultant to companies, Programmer of computers. 
- **Staff Software Engineer at IBM Toronto** (Sep 1997 - Nov 2001)
  Toronto, Ontario, CA
  Mostly just a programmer, but elevated to technical lead before worming my way onto a Team of One. I left when ut became clear that they wouldn't let me teach others, but instead wanted me to crank out code.

## Publications

- JUnit Recipes: Practical Methods for Programmer Testing — Manning Publications

## Skills

### Technical
- C++
- HTML
- Java
- JavaScript
### Other
- Websphere

## Awards

- Gordon Pask Award — Agile Alliance
  One of the two inaugural winners for emerging leadership among agile folk.

## Languages

- English (native)
- French (limited working)
- Spanish (elementary)
- Swedish (elementary)

## Links

- GitHub: https://sifa.id/p/jbrains.ca