Résumé

I am Kylie McClain, I’m multi-faceted, and I refuse limit myself to being good at one thing.

Email me at <kylie@somas.is>. Please contact me there if anything more specific is desired.

Work

Student IT Technician at Appalachian State University Technology Support Services (2018-present)
- Virus removal, data backup, hardware diagnostics, ticket management via Jira.
- Customer service, explaining repair steps taken to customers upon them picking up their computers.
- Known as the only person in the office who knows what they’re doing with Linux, usually machines running Linux that are having problems get referred to me. :-)

Core developer, Exherbo Linux (2014-2017)
- Coordinated efforts with approximately 20 other developers via IRC.
- Redesigned site to be more modern and adaptable to mobile devices.
- Added support for new platforms such as musl libc.
- Wrote bootstrapping documentation for new processor architectures.
- Wrote documentation for complex code previously written by others.

Mutiny, a Linux distribution/research project aiming for unique, coherent, and fun computing. (2016-present)
musl libc wiki, a community-maintained wiki documenting the musl libc project. I maintain the build system for it, the stylesheets, and host it.

Operating systems: Alpine Linux, Exherbo Linux, Arch Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 10
Software: POSIX Shell/bash, musl libc, s6, execline, OpenSSH, pacman, AsciiDoc (this site is written in it), Markdown, etc.
Interests: Minimalist system design, system administration, small systems, efficient use of resources.

Appalachian State University (2018-present)
- Pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
- Arrived with an intent to pursue a degree in computer science, but my lifelong passion for philosophy and desire to learn about it in a deep manner won out. I credit philosophy for all of my opinions about how computers should work.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2016-2018, transferred)
Concord High School (2012-2016, graduated)
Central Cabarrus High School (2011-2012, part of STEM program)

Music making, using FL Studio. (2012-present, probably until I die)
Somewhat active contributor to OpenStreetMap. It’s helped me to find the world around me and the community I live in a lot more interesting. Anywhere new I go ends up on the map sooner or later.