human:
  age: 31
  name:
    firstName: Sean
    lastName: Mayer
  profession:
    title: Software Engineer
    currentIndustry: Fintech (3 years)
    previousIndustries:
      - Energy Technology Solutions (4 years)
      - Industrial Automation & Control Systems Integration
    academicBackground:
      field: Software Engineering (7 years)
    specialisations:
      - category: Domains
        items:
          - 🌎 IoT
          - 🏗️ Microservices
          - 🚪 Gateways
          - 🔌 APIs
          - 🤖 AI Integrations (OpenAI / Grok / Node.js / Prompt Engineering)
          - 📈 Algorithmic Trading
      - category: 🖥️ Languages
        items:
          - 🙌 Language agnostic
          - ☕️ Java (Springboot)
          - ⚙️ JavaScript (Node.js, Express)
          - 🐍 Python (Juypter Notebook)
          - 🅺 Kotlin
          - 🪟.NET
          - 🕸️ Xamarin (Old but was my final year uni project)
          - ⚛️ ReactJS
          - 📝 Markdown (blog formatting & SEO optimisation)
          - 🗂️ YAML / JSON (automation / blogging / pipelines)
      - category: 🛠️ Tools
        items:
          - ☸️ Kubernetes
          - 🐳 Docker
          - 🐝 Swarm
          - ⚙️ Jenkins
          - 🐙 GitHub Actions
          - 🖊️ VS Code
          - 🏹 Cursor
          - ⚪️ OpenAI Codex
          - 💨 Claude Code
          - 🤖 Github Copilot
          - 💎 Gemini 
          - 🪐 Jupyter Notebook
          - 💡 IntelliJ / JetBrains Gateway + WSL
          - 🌐 WordPress API
          - 🏠 Home Assistant
          - 🏡 Homebridge
          - 🔄 Node-RED
          - 🍓 Raspberry Pi
          - 🪲 Thingworx
  blogging:
    topics:
      - ⏱️ Productivity Technology
      - 💻 Software Development
      - 🤖 AI Integrations
      - ☁️ Kubernetes / Cloud Development
      - 🏠 Home Automation
      - 🏋️‍♂️ Fitness & Recovery for Tech Professionals
  favouriteFood: 🥩 Steak
  hobbies:
    - 🏋️‍♂️ Gym (Strength Training, Deadlifting, Mobility Work)
    - 🚀 Home Automation Projects
    - 🎮 Gaming
    - 🎧 Listening to Podcasts
    - 📚 Reading Books
    - 🛠️ DIY / Home Improvement
  bookGenres:
    - 📜 History
    - 📈 Self-Development
    - 👤 Autobiographies
    - 🤖 Practical Technology (AI, Software)
  interests:
    - category: 🚀 New Technology Advancements
      items:
        - 🤖 AI (Prompt Engineering / LLM Comparisons / Automation / Agentic workflows)
        - 🪙 Blockchain
        - 🖥️ Programming Languages
        - 📈 Algorithmic Trading
        - 🌎 IoT Projects and Smart Home Integration
    - category: 💪 Health and Fitness
      items:
        - 🏋️‍♂️ Weightlifting (current strength training focus)
        - 🏃‍♂️ Cardio Fitness (Tabata... justifiable pain)