About Damon

Hey, its Damon here, how you all doing? My name is Damon Jones. I am a family man, do Software Engineeing stuff for a career, recently desired a passion for digital illustration and my main hobby is mountain biking along side watching most sports

So What Do I Do Now?

Lead Software Engineer at PokerStars ♣️ (part of Flutter International), leading a team of highly skilled engineers responsible for building PokerStars International Sportsbook frontend public facing website/clients. We are using best practices and developing with innovative technologies such as React, Node, Typescript, AWS to provide a scalable, robust online sports betting platform

Me & Software Development

From a young age I was fascinated with gadgets, electronics, computers and how they operated, initially I never thought I had the intelligence to write computer programs so I resorted to becoming an electrical engineer/electrician. I completed my apprenticeship, became qualified, set up my own business and things were great. However something was missing, that's when I decided to pursue a career in Software Engineering easier said than done right?

Fast forward to today... I now love all problems related to Software Engineering, I've worked for consultancy companies, large coporations and everything in between. How did I do it? A lot of grit, determination and hard work, I dropped all my work commitments as an Electrician and went to study at Sheffield Hallam University for 4 years resulting in a 1st class BEng Software Engineering Degree. The rest was history...

Mountain Biking

In 2020 a new virus COVID-19 stormed the globe, in the UK we were confined to staying at home and only allowed to leave the house for exercise (once a day), essential shopping and supporting more vulnerable family members. Gyms were shut, swimming pools closed and running/jogging is not my thing! So I decided to take up Mountain Biking (MTB), for me this without doubt is the best outcome from the global pandemic. To this day I still ride on 🤙 ... Check out my YouTube channel @advocatemtb for all the content