# John Teckemeyer

> Full Stack Developer | Insatiable Learner | Luthier | Ultramarathoner

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/johnteckemeyer

Recently, I made a career change and have transitioned from making hand-crafted instruments to software engineering, because, in the digital space, I am only limited by my creativity and skills and anything can be achieved with enough effort. Now, I am looking for a position within a team where I can help create applications that people will love to use and, hopefully, help them achieve betterment in life.

Technical Skills: Javascript / Typescript / HTML / CSS / Sass / jQuery / React / Express / Node / RESTful APIs / C# / Python / Django / MongoDB / PostgreSQL / VSCode / Git/Github

## Work Experience
### Software Developer @ BizLibrary
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Immersive Apprentice @ General Assembly
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Sheet Music Maker | Solo Concept Project
Developer | Bay Area | 1 week sprint
*  An online sheet music editor with a social aspect to it. Users can connect and share their musical works with each other
*  User authentication using JSON web tokens
*  Frontend developed with React with hooks and utilizing Semantic UI for layouts
*  Backend API developed with Node.js and Express.js
*  Used MongoDB for the database and Mongoose to manage it
*  Wrote logic to facilitate the writing of sheet music on screen using only React with CSS


Our Alley | Team Concept Project
Developer - Scrum Master - API Master | Bay Area | 1-week sprint
*  An online site for users to lookup other nearby users in their neighborhood to create playdates for their dogs. Using Google Maps, the users can define where and when and with whom the playdates are to be had
*  As the Scrum master, I determined and planned out the objectives of our project and broken down the individual tasks needed to implement them
*  As the API master, I researched all potential APIs we would need to achieve our goals
*  My major focus on the project was to implement the Google Maps API in order to geolocate other users within a certain radius of the current user.
*  Handled the majority of the frontend coding and design using HTML, CSS, Javascript and Materialize 


Barter Town |  Solo Concept Project			             
Developer | Bay Area | 1-week sprint     		   	        	  	    
*   A social media/commerce site that allows users to propose trades of goods and other users can bid on those proposals with their own goods
*  Frontend developed using HTML, CSS, Javascript and used Materialize for stylish and responsive design
*  Backend developed using Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB/Mongoose
*  Strict adherence to standard RESTful routing and CRUD mapping
*  Implemented a secure and reliable Google OAuth login with Passport.js

### Owner @ Teckemeyer Luthiery
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Brentwood, California, United States
Handcrafted one-of-a-kind orchestral model classical guitars using traditional methods. Also crafted unique wood guitar hangers, knives and music stands.

### Section Leader @ Trader Joe's
Jan 2004 – Jan 2021 | Brentwood, California, United States
As a crew member at Trader Joe's, I handled product in all sections of the store. Our main focus is to provide an amazing customer experience which will bring people back, time and again. I was one of the few crew member with the added responsibility of being in charge of a section, which includes maintaining the stock during the day and writing the order for it every night to meet needs.

### Production Assistant @ Thalia Capos
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Pleasant Hill, California, United States
A small, emerging company specializing in modernly ergonomic guitar capos. In my time there, I installed wood and shell inlays onto the capos, performed quality inspections, helped resolve quality issues and assisted other departments when needed.


## Education
### General Assembly

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Music Theory and Composition
California State University - East Bay


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-teckemeyer
- Portfolio: https://theteck.github.io/Portfolio3/

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Last updated: 2026-04-10