Neal Terrell
Lecturer at California State University, Long Beach
Lakewood, California, United States
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Top SchoolNeal Terrell is a Lecturer in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Long Beach with 10 years of professional experience blending classroom instruction and hands-on software development. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and an M.S. from CSU Long Beach, and has taught at CSULB since 2013. His career spans tutoring and youth tech instruction to serving as a Technology Director, giving him practical experience in operations, curriculum delivery, and technical leadership. Neal is an active open-source contributor—he’s fixed rule and cost logic in the mtgred/netrunner project—showing a knack for preserving game-rule correctness and preventing subtle bugs. He combines formal CS training with a focus on clear, maintainable back-end code and student-centered teaching.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at CSU Long BeachB.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Github Skills (8)
clojure10
functional-programming10
rebalancing10
clojure-cli10
logic10
data-structure9
data-structures9
algorithms8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mtgred/netrunner
May 2015 - Feb 2019
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1509 commits, 863 PRs, 638 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Neal primarily contributed to the codebase by fixing messages and costs for optional abilities. This involved modifying card assets, resources, identities, operations, and icebreakers to address issues in functionality and prevent unintended bugs. The changes suggest an understanding of the game logic and card interactions, demonstrating a focus on maintaining the game's rules and balance.
csulb-cecs282-2015sp/lectures
Dec 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:79 commits, 2 PRs, 50 pushes in 8 months
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