From 7545521c6ce11ca742ddeb7594c88660b4594d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Administrator <gitlab_admin_3059ff@example.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:05:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] reworked resume

---
 index.html | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 00fdc26..580f2f8 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <title>Eric Steen - Resume</title>
     <style>
+        :root {
+            --deep-navy: #0A1128;
+            --rich-gold: #D4AF37;
+            --warm-gold: #F4E5C2;
+            --cream: #FFF8E7;
+            --charcoal: #2C2C2C;
+            --silver: #C0C0C0;
+            --burgundy: #7C2D37;
+        }
+
         * {
             margin: 0;
             padding: 0;
@@ -14,31 +24,31 @@
         body {
             font-family: 'Garamond', 'Georgia', serif;
             line-height: 1.6;
-            color: #2a2a2a;
-            background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%);
+            color: var(--charcoal);
+            background: var(--deep-navy);
             background-attachment: fixed;
             background-image: 
-                linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%),
+                linear-gradient(135deg, var(--deep-navy) 0%, #16213e 100%),
                 repeating-linear-gradient(
                     0deg,
                     transparent,
                     transparent 40px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.03) 40px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.03) 80px
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.03) 40px,
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.03) 80px
                 ),
                 repeating-linear-gradient(
                     90deg,
                     transparent,
                     transparent 40px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.02) 40px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.02) 80px
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.02) 40px,
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.02) 80px
                 ),
                 repeating-linear-gradient(
                     45deg,
                     transparent,
                     transparent 60px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.015) 60px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.015) 120px
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.015) 60px,
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.015) 120px
                 );
             min-height: 100vh;
             padding: 20px;
@@ -46,8 +56,9 @@
             justify-content: center;
             align-items: center;
         }
-                /* Art Deco geometric background pattern */
-        body {
+
+        /* Art Deco geometric background pattern */
+        body::before {
             content: '';
             position: fixed;
             top: 0;
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@
             position: absolute;
             width: 60px;
             height: 60px;
-            background-color: #ffd700;
+            background-color: var(--rich-gold);
             border-radius: 50%;
             z-index: 100;
         }
@@ -79,7 +90,7 @@
             position: absolute;
             width: 60px;
             height: 60px;
-            background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e 0%, #16213e 100%);
+            background: var(--deep-navy);
             border-radius: 50%;
         }
 
@@ -125,9 +136,9 @@
 
         .container {
             max-width: 800px;
-            background: #f5f1e8;
+            background: var(--cream);
             border-radius: 0;
-            border: 8px solid #ffd700;
+            border: 8px solid var(--rich-gold);
             box-shadow: 0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
             overflow: visible;
             position: relative;
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@
             left: 8px;
             right: 8px;
             bottom: 8px;
-            border: 8px solid #ffd700;
+            border: 8px solid var(--rich-gold);
             pointer-events: none;
         }
 
@@ -153,17 +164,17 @@
             height: 3px;
             background: repeating-linear-gradient(
                 90deg,
-                #ffd700 0px,
-                #ffd700 2px,
-                #1a3a52 2px,
-                #1a3a52 4px
+                var(--rich-gold) 0px,
+                var(--rich-gold) 2px,
+                var(--deep-navy) 2px,
+                var(--deep-navy) 4px
             );
             z-index: 50;
         }
 
         .header {
-            background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a3a52 0%, #0f2540 100%);
-            color: #f5f1e8;
+            background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--deep-navy) 0%, #0f2540 100%);
+            color: var(--cream);
             padding: 50px 40px;
             text-align: center;
             position: relative;
@@ -183,8 +194,8 @@
                     45deg,
                     transparent,
                     transparent 35px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.03) 35px,
-                    rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.03) 70px
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.03) 35px,
+                    rgba(212, 175, 55, 0.03) 70px
                 );
             pointer-events: none;
         }
@@ -214,7 +225,7 @@
         .title-divider {
             width: 60px;
             height: 2px;
-            background: #ffd700;
+            background: var(--rich-gold);
             margin: 15px auto;
         }
 
@@ -235,7 +246,7 @@
 
         .content {
             padding: 50px 40px;
-            background: #f5f1e8;
+            background: var(--cream);
         }
 
         .section {
@@ -243,7 +254,7 @@
         }
 
         .section h2 {
-            color: #1a3a52;
+            color: var(--deep-navy);
             font-size: 1.3em;
             margin-bottom: 5px;
             letter-spacing: 2px;
@@ -253,34 +264,34 @@
 
         .section h2::before {
             content: '◆ ';
-            color: #ffd700;
+            color: var(--rich-gold);
             margin-right: 10px;
         }
 
         .section-divider {
             width: 80px;
             height: 2px;
-            background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ffd700 0%, #1a3a52 100%);
+            background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--rich-gold) 0%, var(--deep-navy) 100%);
             margin-bottom: 20px;
         }
 
         .experience-item, .education-item {
             margin-bottom: 30px;
             padding-left: 25px;
-            border-left: 3px solid #ffd700;
+            border-left: 3px solid var(--rich-gold);
             position: relative;
         }
 
         .experience-item::before {
-            content: '►';
+            content: '▸';
             position: absolute;
             left: -13px;
-            color: #ffd700;
+            color: var(--rich-gold);
             font-size: 0.8em;
         }
 
         .experience-item h3, .education-item h3 {
-            color: #1a3a52;
+            color: var(--deep-navy);
             margin-bottom: 3px;
             font-size: 1.1em;
             font-weight: 600;
@@ -308,7 +319,7 @@
             content: '▪';
             position: absolute;
             left: 0;
-            color: #ffd700;
+            color: var(--rich-gold);
         }
 
         .skills {
@@ -318,10 +329,10 @@
         }
 
         .skill-tag {
-            background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a3a52 0%, #0f2540 100%);
-            color: #ffd700;
+            background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--deep-navy) 0%, #0f2540 100%);
+            color: var(--rich-gold);
             padding: 8px 18px;
-            border: 1px solid #ffd700;
+            border: 1px solid var(--rich-gold);
             border-radius: 0;
             font-size: 0.9em;
             letter-spacing: 1px;
@@ -330,10 +341,10 @@
         }
 
         .summary {
-            background: rgba(26, 58, 82, 0.05);
+            background: rgba(10, 17, 40, 0.05);
             padding: 25px 20px;
-            border-left: 4px solid #ffd700;
-            border-right: 2px solid #ffd700;
+            border-left: 4px solid var(--rich-gold);
+            border-right: 2px solid var(--rich-gold);
             position: relative;
         }
 
@@ -342,12 +353,12 @@
             position: absolute;
             top: -12px;
             left: 20px;
-            color: #ffd700;
+            color: var(--rich-gold);
             font-size: 1.2em;
         }
 
         .summary p {
-            color: #2a2a2a;
+            color: var(--charcoal);
             line-height: 1.8;
         }
 
@@ -411,10 +422,10 @@
                 <div class="header-content">
                     <h1>Eric Steen</h1>
                     <div class="title-divider"></div>
-                    <div class="title">Site Reliability Engineer / Devops</div>
+                    <div class="title">Hardware & Firmware Engineer</div>
                     <div class="contact-info">
                         <span>📧 eric@steen.run</span>
-                        <span>🌍 Grand Forks, ND</span>
+                        <span>🌐 Grand Forks, ND</span>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </header>
@@ -424,7 +435,7 @@
                     <h2>Professional Summary</h2>
                     <div class="section-divider"></div>
                     <div class="summary">
-                        <p>I bring experience from hardware repair to cloud infrastructure. I've worked across the full stack from hardware debugging to kubernetes orchestration. When systems break, I can troubleshoot at any layer.</p>
+                        <p>Versatile engineer with hands-on experience spanning embedded firmware, hardware diagnostics, and infrastructure automation. Professional background includes PIC microcontroller programming, I2C system integration, and circuit-level repair, plus recent work building CI/CD pipelines, telemetry systems (Grafana/Prometheus), and automated testing frameworks. Brings a full-stack perspective to system design—understanding both the hardware constraints and the operational requirements that make products successful in production.</p>
                     </div>
                 </section>
 
@@ -433,24 +444,24 @@
                     <div class="section-divider"></div>
                     
                     <div class="experience-item">
-                        <h3>Site Reliability Engineer</h3>
-                        <div class="job-meta">Core Scientific • Grand Forks • Sep 2024 - Jun 2025</div>
+                        <h3>Lead Repair Technician</h3>
+                        <div class="job-meta">Core Scientific • Hardware Engineering Team • Grand Forks • Feb 2021 - Sep 2024</div>
                         <ul>
-                            <li>Set up systems to collect and organize log files from different applications. <b>Grafana Loki Prometheus</b></li>
-                            <li>Tested new software before it went live, helping other departments connect their tools. <b>Kubernetes Terraform Github Actions</b></li>
-                            <li>Found new methods of error tracking to detect possible future incidents. <b>Datadog</b></li>
-                            <li>Fixed internal tools that were notoriously difficult to work with and maintain. <b>Bash Unix Docker</b></li>
+                            <li>Performed circuit-level diagnostics and repair of I2C-based systems, including trace repair and component-level soldering</li>
+                            <li>Programmed and configured PIC microcontrollers for sensor applications and hardware testing</li>
+                            <li>Developed automation tooling in Bash to streamline diagnostic workflows, reducing system downtime by 20%</li>
+                            <li>Led cross-functional infrastructure upgrade projects involving dozens of team members, delivering under budget and ahead of schedule</li>
+                            <li>Executed PCB rework and component replacement on high-density boards using precision soldering techniques</li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
 
                     <div class="experience-item">
-                        <h3>Hardware Engineer</h3>
-                        <div class="job-meta">Core Scientific • Grand Forks • Feb 2021 - Sep 2024</div>
+                        <h3>Site Reliability Engineer</h3>
+                        <div class="job-meta">Core Scientific • Grand Forks • Sep 2024 - Present</div>
                         <ul>
-                            <li>Wrote software to automate boring, repetative tasks, which cut downtime by 20%</li>
-                            <li>Led several projects involving dozens of people to upgrade old systems, and did it under budget and ahead of schedule</li>
-                            <li>Successfully scrapped legacy systems in favor of modern and more reliable systems</li>
-                            <li>Record holder for most repairs in a shift, while also doing all the heavy lifting myself.</li>
+                            <li>Deployed observability infrastructure using Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus for system monitoring and log aggregation</li>
+                            <li>Conducted integration testing for new software deployments in Kubernetes environments</li>
+                            <li>Developed error tracking methodologies using Datadog to identify and prevent potential system failures</li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
                 </section>
@@ -458,24 +469,49 @@
                 <section class="section">
                     <h2>Projects</h2>
                     <div class="section-divider"></div>
-                    <p style="font-size: 0.95em; color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 15px;">
-                        For detailed writeups of my projects and technical explorations, visit my 
-                        <a href="https://steen.run/blog" style="color: #1a3a52; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 2px solid #ffd700; font-weight: 500;">projects blog</a>.
+                    <div class="experience-item">
+                        <h3>ESP32 Motor Driver (C/C++)</h3>
+                        <ul>
+                            <li>Designed and implemented motor control firmware for ESP32 microcontroller</li>
+                            <li>Developed PWM-based speed control and real-time feedback systems</li>
+                            <li>Implemented communication protocols for external control interfaces</li>
+                        </ul>
+                    </div>
+                    <p style="font-size: 0.95em; color: #2a2a2a; margin-top: 15px;">
+                        For detailed writeups of technical projects, visit 
+                        <a href="https://steen.run/blog" style="color: var(--deep-navy); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 2px solid var(--rich-gold); font-weight: 500;">steen.run/blog</a>
                     </p>
                 </section>
 
+                <section class="section">
+                    <h2>Education</h2>
+                    <div class="section-divider"></div>
+                    <div class="education-item">
+                        <h3>Computer Science (75% Complete)</h3>
+                        <div class="edu-meta">Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Algorithms</div>
+                    </div>
+                </section>
+
                 <section class="section">
                     <h2>Skills</h2>
                     <div class="section-divider"></div>
                     <div class="skills">
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Kubernetes</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Docker</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">CI/CD</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Trace Repair</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Soldering</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">C/C++</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Python</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Bash</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Linux/Unix</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">ESP32</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">PIC Microcontrollers</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">I2C</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Motor Control</span>
                         <span class="skill-tag">Circuit Analysis</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Embedded Programming</span>
-                        <span class="skill-tag">Cloud Services</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Soldering</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Trace Repair</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Oscilloscope</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Multimeter</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Git</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Docker</span>
+                        <span class="skill-tag">Kubernetes</span>
                     </div>
                 </section>
             </main>