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Timothy B.

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Software Engineer Tutor Covering Computers, Math, Music, and Writing
Software Engineer Tutor Covering Computers, Math, Music, and Writing
Timothy B.

4.9 (98 ratings)

277 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee
4.9 (98 ratings)

277 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Timothy

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I tutor mostly in software development but I also do music production and in my spare time I write poetry and practice the Harpejji. I have a real passion for helping others learn, especially in disciplines that I enjoy, such as math and computer science. I also teach obscure subjects that are hard to find such as combinatory logic and lambda calculus! They can be a lot of fun if you give them a chance.

I specialize in Java and web services, although C# is my favorite language. I have a...

I tutor mostly in software development but I also do music production and in my spare time I write poetry and practice the Harpejji. I have a real passion for helping others learn, especially in disciplines that I enjoy, such as math and computer science. I also teach obscure subjects that are hard to find such as combinatory logic and lambda calculus! They can be a lot of fun if you give them a chance.

I specialize in Java and web services, although C# is my favorite language. I have a Bachelor's in computer science and have nearly completed a Master's degree (also computer science).

I offer discounts for repeat students, I am lenient on cancellation fees, and I will do everything I can to ensure you understand the subject better. I customize my approach to the student's learning style and study pace.

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Education

College of the Ozarks
Computer Science
.Capella University
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Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $42
  • Rate details: I offer special rates for multiple lessons. I am usually booked several days in advance, so the earlier the better. I charge a minimum of 30 minutes. For assignment help, I charge a higher rate.
  • Lesson cancellation: 12 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 1/31/2016

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Art

Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Photoshop

My knowledge in Photoshop is very broad. I understand how to use Photoshop to tweak, manipulate, arrange, resize, and adjust nearly every aspect of an image or picture. I have used Photoshop for many different projects, both personal and professional. Example projects I have worked on include graphic design for music album art, web design, and user interface elements. I can teach on advanced topics such as layering, masks, filters. I am also knowledgeable about different image formats, the pros and cons of each, and what use they are best suited for.
Composition (Music)

Composition (Music)

I have been self-learning and practicing music composition on and off for the past eight years. I have played trumpet for 12 years and piano for two years, so I have a good grasp of how instrument choice affects composition.

Business

Microsoft Excel,

Microsoft Excel

In my current job, I use Excel extensively. I personally manage and pull data for 2 reports related to trends in incident tickets. I created most of the data feeds as well as the report formats for these. The data for the largest of the two reports is pulled manually from a database and fed into Excel *.csv export files. I wrote a custom Perl script which processes and sorts this data into an Excel spreadsheet that automatically creates the report. I am well versed in using the most advanced Excel features, such as advanced filters and VLOOKUP, and can understand and write complicated formulas to process large amounts of data.
Microsoft PowerPoint,

Microsoft PowerPoint

I have four years experience as a technical instructor designing engaging, thought-provoking, and effective presentations, and organizing technical material into bite-sized slides and slide decks. I also have a lot of public speaking and presentation experience including being a graduate of a 4-year toastmasters public speaking program.
Microsoft Word

Computer

Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Photoshop

My knowledge in Photoshop is very broad. I understand how to use Photoshop to tweak, manipulate, arrange, resize, and adjust nearly every aspect of an image or picture. I have used Photoshop for many different projects, both personal and professional. Example projects I have worked on include graphic design for music album art, web design, and user interface elements. I can teach on advanced topics such as layering, masks, filters. I am also knowledgeable about different image formats, the pros and cons of each, and what use they are best suited for.
Angular,

Angular

I have developed and perfected more than a handful of professional grade, high quality full stack database and web applications, including complex back-end queries and data management with ETL and data cleansing processes. I have converted a large CGI web report into Angular with professional looking Bootstrap UI elements.
C,

C

I have over 5 years experience working directly with C programming for Walmart ISD, an IT industry leader. Having already studied C++ and C# prior to getting that job, learning C was much simpler. The projects I have worked on at Walmart were extremely complex and required an ability to quickly pick up the subject.
C#,

C#

My first project in C# was programming a Sudoku puzzle generator and solver, and as a result of that project, C# ended up becoming my favorite language. Because I enjoyed it so much, I had more incentive to study into the depths and nuances of the language. I have also delved deep into the cryptography applications of C# including hashing, password generation, secure password storage, public key cryptography, encryption, certificates, and authentication.
C++,

C++

The only class where I actively studied C++ was Data Structures, which was my favorite class in college. This is because for me, it was mostly review. A friend had given me a C++ book in high school, which I had already gone through and learned what I could from it. Data Structures simply solidified my knowledge of the subject. I was the one of the few students, possibly the only one, to ever earn an A in Data Structures from the professor who taught it at the time. The students in that class frequently looked to me for help. I would commonly take time out of my own schedule to visit the computer lab and help my fellow students learn C++. Two of those students told me personally that I was the only reason they passed Data Structures. My last semester in college, I was asked to give a guest lecture in that class when the professor fell ill. Several of the students as well as the CIS professor complimented me on that lecture.
Computer Programming,

Computer Programming

Since I was 12 years old, I knew I wanted to be a programmer. Ever since then, I have been programming and learning how to program in more and more languages. I have a computer science bachelor's degree, and 7 years of experience in the IT industry, all directly in the field of programming. I also do private tutoring, most of which has been in computer programming, and public teaching in the workplace for computer languages such as Java.
Computer Science,

Computer Science

I have a double major bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics, and 7 years of experience in the IT industry. I am most enthusiastic about computer science and find nearly every aspect of it fascinating, and so I am also self-educated in various computer science subjects above and beyond what I learned in college.
General Computer,

General Computer

I have a college degree in computer science, and have five years of experience in the IT industry, working for Walmart. I write computer software, but I have always been interested in every aspect of computers, and have taken many additional computer classes that were not required, both in high school and college. Even now I am taking classes from iTunes U about computer subjects I wanted to study in college, but did not have the opportunity to. At work, I often look through new and emerging technology, create presentations about it, and present it to my peers for their benefit.
HTML,

HTML

I have many years of HTML experience, building web sites by hand, as well as using coding tools that automatically build HTML. I currently manage my own personal website and web server. I work in IT and have done a lot of HTML, CSS, and web design for Walmart. I have even written scripts to generate dynamic HTML (known as CGI), and I am well versed in new HTML5 frameworks such as AngularJS and Bootstrap.
Java,

Java

Java is one of my strongest languages. I have used it for 6 years in the retail IT industry and I have 5 years of teaching experience, both private tutoring and in the public workplace. I have used it in both professional and personal projects of different sizes. It is very versatile and I can teach how to write just about anything in Java, from web services to small applications, custom shared libraries to full front-end user interfaces with back-end data processing and database connections, as well as basic to advanced principles of object oriented programming design, and how Java implements them.
Microsoft Excel,

Microsoft Excel

In my current job, I use Excel extensively. I personally manage and pull data for 2 reports related to trends in incident tickets. I created most of the data feeds as well as the report formats for these. The data for the largest of the two reports is pulled manually from a database and fed into Excel *.csv export files. I wrote a custom Perl script which processes and sorts this data into an Excel spreadsheet that automatically creates the report. I am well versed in using the most advanced Excel features, such as advanced filters and VLOOKUP, and can understand and write complicated formulas to process large amounts of data.
Microsoft PowerPoint,

Microsoft PowerPoint

I have four years experience as a technical instructor designing engaging, thought-provoking, and effective presentations, and organizing technical material into bite-sized slides and slide decks. I also have a lot of public speaking and presentation experience including being a graduate of a 4-year toastmasters public speaking program.
Music Production,

Music Production

In 2011, I purchased FL Studio, a large-scale digital audio workstation, in order to learn how to produce and edit music and sound. Over the past five years, I have been learning both by trial and error, and by searching for various tutorials that were available online. It is something I really enjoy, and while I may not be the most talented musically, I certainly have a solid understanding of the basic elements of sound design and music production. I could also teach more advanced topics such as sound editing, noise cleanup, mixing and mastering, and basic music theory.
Perl,

Perl

In 2014, I began learning Perl for my job at Walmart. At first it was out of necessity, but then I began to learn more about the language itself and what it is meant to do, and especially how hashes work and how easy they are to do in Perl. Perl is the perfect language for processing data, and it served as my introduction to web design, as we had some older CGI web pages that were written in Perl. I updated these web pages and learned the more advanced aspects of Perl, and how it can be used to dynamically serve up HTML content.
SAS,

SAS

At Walmart, the world's largest retailer, I developed a patent-pending data flow technology which was then used to feed our big data warehouse. Cloud technologies such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform were used to analyze and visualize our data. I recently improved upon this knowledge with a 4.0 in my master's program after a detailed class on SAS and statistics.
SQL,

SQL

I write SQL queries of all different kinds on a daily basis for my job at Walmart. I am very knowledgeable with SQL Server, and can write complex or difficult queries on the fly. For work I have written numerous web services, Java applications, and Perl scripts that execute queries (both reads and updates) and handle and manipulate data that changes rapidly, once a day or even real time in some cases. I also have experience in database design, which helps me understand the impact it can have on SQL code.
UNIX,

UNIX

In my 5 years with Walmart ISD, a leader in the IT industry, I have learned how to access and manage Unix systems, both remotely and in person. We have many Unix systems that manage incoming data from thousands of Walmart stores worldwide, so security and availability are of great concern to us, especially for our Unix systems. I have gradually learned all the way from command line basics, to system administration, to permissions, to command line tools like sed and awk.
Visual Basic,

Visual Basic

Visual Basic is the first language I ever programmed in, and it is one that I have the deepest knowledge of, since I have seen its expansion over many years of change. I started on an ancient laptop with VB 3.1 for Windows 3.1 in the late 90's, and now I am familiar with all versions up through Visual Studio .NET and could easily teach any of these versions. I also took a high school course on Visual Basic, and can program in BASIC both old school (DOS, command line) and in the new .NET framework.
Web Design,

Web Design

This past year, 2015, my job at Walmart required me to learn web design. It began with Perl and CGI, dynamic HTML, and then moved to newer frameworks such as Angular JavaScript, Jersey, JUnit, Maven, and Bootstrap for UI development. I have designed and coded web services, scripts, and web applications for many different platforms, in many languages including C, CBasic, Perl, Java, C++, JavaScript, REST, and ArcGIS.
JavaScript, Microsoft Word

Corporate Training

C++,

C++

The only class where I actively studied C++ was Data Structures, which was my favorite class in college. This is because for me, it was mostly review. A friend had given me a C++ book in high school, which I had already gone through and learned what I could from it. Data Structures simply solidified my knowledge of the subject. I was the one of the few students, possibly the only one, to ever earn an A in Data Structures from the professor who taught it at the time. The students in that class frequently looked to me for help. I would commonly take time out of my own schedule to visit the computer lab and help my fellow students learn C++. Two of those students told me personally that I was the only reason they passed Data Structures. My last semester in college, I was asked to give a guest lecture in that class when the professor fell ill. Several of the students as well as the CIS professor complimented me on that lecture.
General Computer,

General Computer

I have a college degree in computer science, and have five years of experience in the IT industry, working for Walmart. I write computer software, but I have always been interested in every aspect of computers, and have taken many additional computer classes that were not required, both in high school and college. Even now I am taking classes from iTunes U about computer subjects I wanted to study in college, but did not have the opportunity to. At work, I often look through new and emerging technology, create presentations about it, and present it to my peers for their benefit.
HTML,

HTML

I have many years of HTML experience, building web sites by hand, as well as using coding tools that automatically build HTML. I currently manage my own personal website and web server. I work in IT and have done a lot of HTML, CSS, and web design for Walmart. I have even written scripts to generate dynamic HTML (known as CGI), and I am well versed in new HTML5 frameworks such as AngularJS and Bootstrap.
Java,

Java

Java is one of my strongest languages. I have used it for 6 years in the retail IT industry and I have 5 years of teaching experience, both private tutoring and in the public workplace. I have used it in both professional and personal projects of different sizes. It is very versatile and I can teach how to write just about anything in Java, from web services to small applications, custom shared libraries to full front-end user interfaces with back-end data processing and database connections, as well as basic to advanced principles of object oriented programming design, and how Java implements them.
Microsoft Excel,

Microsoft Excel

In my current job, I use Excel extensively. I personally manage and pull data for 2 reports related to trends in incident tickets. I created most of the data feeds as well as the report formats for these. The data for the largest of the two reports is pulled manually from a database and fed into Excel *.csv export files. I wrote a custom Perl script which processes and sorts this data into an Excel spreadsheet that automatically creates the report. I am well versed in using the most advanced Excel features, such as advanced filters and VLOOKUP, and can understand and write complicated formulas to process large amounts of data.
Microsoft PowerPoint,

Microsoft PowerPoint

I have four years experience as a technical instructor designing engaging, thought-provoking, and effective presentations, and organizing technical material into bite-sized slides and slide decks. I also have a lot of public speaking and presentation experience including being a graduate of a 4-year toastmasters public speaking program.
SQL,

SQL

I write SQL queries of all different kinds on a daily basis for my job at Walmart. I am very knowledgeable with SQL Server, and can write complex or difficult queries on the fly. For work I have written numerous web services, Java applications, and Perl scripts that execute queries (both reads and updates) and handle and manipulate data that changes rapidly, once a day or even real time in some cases. I also have experience in database design, which helps me understand the impact it can have on SQL code.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have studied statistics at the graduate level in a 3 month course (which I received a 4.0 GPA for) and have taught statistics in both SAS and other languages. I am well versed in IDEs like Spyder and Jupyter and can demonstrate the pros and cons of each.
Web Design,

Web Design

This past year, 2015, my job at Walmart required me to learn web design. It began with Perl and CGI, dynamic HTML, and then moved to newer frameworks such as Angular JavaScript, Jersey, JUnit, Maven, and Bootstrap for UI development. I have designed and coded web services, scripts, and web applications for many different platforms, in many languages including C, CBasic, Perl, Java, C++, JavaScript, REST, and ArcGIS.
Microsoft Word

English

Writing

Writing

I consider most of what I do and enjoy to be different forms of writing, which has always been my main interest. I am a published author, and I have written in many different forms, including short stories, online articles, technical documentation, and poems. I have been writing prolifically since I was very young, adding to about 15 years of experience. I also graduated from a college-level writing class during high school (the class was a mail correspondence course from The Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, CT).

Homeschool

Algebra 2,

Algebra 2

I have a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and have always enjoyed algebra, which is the foundation for calculus and virtually all higher math. I have tutored algebra for several years.
Calculus,

Calculus

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and I have also taken additional calculus classes beyond what was required for the math major. I enjoy calculus very much and even prepared a helpful handout for my high school calculus class. The teacher was thrilled with it, and I was awarded a Distinguished Citizenship Award by the high school principal for my efforts. In all of the calculus classes I have been in, I was a go-to person for other students seeking help; I used to make extra trips to our college computer lab to hep other students with homework, and they indicated that I was of great help to them. I also scored a 4 (exceptional) on the Calculus ACT exam.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have studied statistics at the graduate level in a 3 month course (which I received a 4.0 GPA for) and have taught statistics in both SAS and other languages. I am well versed in IDEs like Spyder and Jupyter and can demonstrate the pros and cons of each.
Writing,

Writing

I consider most of what I do and enjoy to be different forms of writing, which has always been my main interest. I am a published author, and I have written in many different forms, including short stories, online articles, technical documentation, and poems. I have been writing prolifically since I was very young, adding to about 15 years of experience. I also graduated from a college-level writing class during high school (the class was a mail correspondence course from The Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, CT).
Algebra 1

Math

Algebra 2,

Algebra 2

I have a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and have always enjoyed algebra, which is the foundation for calculus and virtually all higher math. I have tutored algebra for several years.
Calculus,

Calculus

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and I have also taken additional calculus classes beyond what was required for the math major. I enjoy calculus very much and even prepared a helpful handout for my high school calculus class. The teacher was thrilled with it, and I was awarded a Distinguished Citizenship Award by the high school principal for my efforts. In all of the calculus classes I have been in, I was a go-to person for other students seeking help; I used to make extra trips to our college computer lab to hep other students with homework, and they indicated that I was of great help to them. I also scored a 4 (exceptional) on the Calculus ACT exam.
Discrete Math,

Discrete Math

In addition to taking a college level course on discrete math, it is one of my favorite subjects and I have studied it extensively outside of class. I also studied discrete math in Great Ideas in Mathematics, a capstone course for my college math major. Capstone courses are much more difficult and in-depth, and require a final thorough presentation on a topic of great interest to the major. The topic I picked, combinatory logic, is closely related to discrete math, and my final paper on it was 21 pages. I have studied combinatory logic as a hobby since high school. Many of the students in my discrete math class frequently asked me for help. One student even came to my dorm room after class. I earned an A in that class, and also in Modern Algebra, another class that involves the applications of discrete math concerning algebraic structures that explain the properties of the current number systems.
Logic,

Logic

I have studied logic avidly since middle school and in nearly every topic and potential application of logic. I have designed logic problems and puzzles in many different branches of logic including first order logic, combinatory logic, lambda calculus, and symbolic logic. My capstone mathematics paper for my Bachelor's degree in mathematics was on combinatory logic and I received a 100 on it. It was 20 pages longer than the required 8 pages.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have studied statistics at the graduate level in a 3 month course (which I received a 4.0 GPA for) and have taught statistics in both SAS and other languages. I am well versed in IDEs like Spyder and Jupyter and can demonstrate the pros and cons of each.
Algebra 1, Trigonometry

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Algebra 2,

Algebra 2

I have a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and have always enjoyed algebra, which is the foundation for calculus and virtually all higher math. I have tutored algebra for several years.
Calculus,

Calculus

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and I have also taken additional calculus classes beyond what was required for the math major. I enjoy calculus very much and even prepared a helpful handout for my high school calculus class. The teacher was thrilled with it, and I was awarded a Distinguished Citizenship Award by the high school principal for my efforts. In all of the calculus classes I have been in, I was a go-to person for other students seeking help; I used to make extra trips to our college computer lab to hep other students with homework, and they indicated that I was of great help to them. I also scored a 4 (exceptional) on the Calculus ACT exam.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have studied statistics at the graduate level in a 3 month course (which I received a 4.0 GPA for) and have taught statistics in both SAS and other languages. I am well versed in IDEs like Spyder and Jupyter and can demonstrate the pros and cons of each.
Writing,

Writing

I consider most of what I do and enjoy to be different forms of writing, which has always been my main interest. I am a published author, and I have written in many different forms, including short stories, online articles, technical documentation, and poems. I have been writing prolifically since I was very young, adding to about 15 years of experience. I also graduated from a college-level writing class during high school (the class was a mail correspondence course from The Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, CT).
Algebra 1

Music

Composition (Music),

Composition (Music)

I have been self-learning and practicing music composition on and off for the past eight years. I have played trumpet for 12 years and piano for two years, so I have a good grasp of how instrument choice affects composition.
General Music,

General Music

I compose both solo piano and electronic music, and have taken one year of piano, in addition to playing trumpet most of my life. I have a great passion for music and would love to help bring it more to life for others.
Music Production,

Music Production

In 2011, I purchased FL Studio, a large-scale digital audio workstation, in order to learn how to produce and edit music and sound. Over the past five years, I have been learning both by trial and error, and by searching for various tutorials that were available online. It is something I really enjoy, and while I may not be the most talented musically, I certainly have a solid understanding of the basic elements of sound design and music production. I could also teach more advanced topics such as sound editing, noise cleanup, mixing and mastering, and basic music theory.
Trumpet,

Trumpet

I have played trumpet for about 12 years, and in many different settings. I have three years experience in marching band, seven years in concert band, seven years in pep band for basketball and football games, and two years in jazz band. I also earned a Division I medal, the highest rank possible, for a solo performance at the Solo & Ensemble competition in West Fork, Arkansas. All of this experience was with the trumpet.
Music Theory

Sports/Recreation

Chess

Chess

I grew up playing chess with my dad, who could easily qualify as a Low Master ranked player. He routinely plays against the most difficult levels on computer chess programs, and he taught me everything I know about chess. I feel that I would be competent enough to teach the basics as well as a few points of intermediate strategy.

Summer

Algebra 2,

Algebra 2

I have a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and have always enjoyed algebra, which is the foundation for calculus and virtually all higher math. I have tutored algebra for several years.
Calculus,

Calculus

I have a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and I have also taken additional calculus classes beyond what was required for the math major. I enjoy calculus very much and even prepared a helpful handout for my high school calculus class. The teacher was thrilled with it, and I was awarded a Distinguished Citizenship Award by the high school principal for my efforts. In all of the calculus classes I have been in, I was a go-to person for other students seeking help; I used to make extra trips to our college computer lab to hep other students with homework, and they indicated that I was of great help to them. I also scored a 4 (exceptional) on the Calculus ACT exam.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have studied statistics at the graduate level in a 3 month course (which I received a 4.0 GPA for) and have taught statistics in both SAS and other languages. I am well versed in IDEs like Spyder and Jupyter and can demonstrate the pros and cons of each.
Writing,

Writing

I consider most of what I do and enjoy to be different forms of writing, which has always been my main interest. I am a published author, and I have written in many different forms, including short stories, online articles, technical documentation, and poems. I have been writing prolifically since I was very young, adding to about 15 years of experience. I also graduated from a college-level writing class during high school (the class was a mail correspondence course from The Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, CT).
Algebra 1

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Knowledgeable teacher

We reviewed Python foundational concepts, the importance of indentations and spacing, while loops, if - elif and using the computer system internal clock to tell time in a program.

Leza, 2 lessons with Timothy

Excellent in Java

Timothy is an excellent Java tutor! I'm learning more from him than I am from my professor. We work through the problems and concepts together, and when we finish, I feel confident in the new concepts. I highly recommend him.

Micah, 5 lessons with Timothy

He is knowledgeable about the project design, specifically I am looking for.

Timothy is a very good tutor, patient. Although I have a language barrier, he communicated me patiently. He explained me the problem visually that makes simpler the problem. I would also love to get a written lesson, which makes more easier to understand the project design.

Yodit, 2 lessons with Timothy

Great Tutor totally recommended!!

He provided me the help I needed to work on my project. He is very patient and knowledgeable in Java. Definitely recommend this tutor. Thanks Tim for all help!!

Jose Greg, 3 lessons with Timothy

Knowledgeable and Quick-Thinking Tutor

Mr. Timothy and I went over some SQL queries I had questions about. He was able to help me articulate the queries even though he didn't have access the database that I was using. Timothy is an extremely helpful and thoughtful tutor.

John, 1 lesson with Timothy

Knowledgable and Patient

Timothy is very knowledgable of programming and cryptography. He was very patient and helpful. He suggested useful resources. Definitely glad to have found him.

Kay, 2 lessons with Timothy

Knowledgeable and Very Patient Tutor.

Timothy explained my lesson in Visual Basic to me, by helping me understand what the lesson entailed. He was very easy to follow along with as he was teaching me about my lesson. He was understanding and very patient.

Brenda, 1 lesson with Timothy
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