Paul Nettle
Principal Programmer Consultant @Gearbox Entertainment
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Programmer Consultant @Gearbox Entertainment
Frisco, TX, US
Serving as a senior technical mentor and advisor to the engineering team. Providing guidance on architecture, complex implementation challenges, and hands-on peer coding. Supporting individual contributors as they grow into senior and leadership roles, and participating in technical interviews to help shape long-term team quality and culture.
EDUCATION
The School of the Self Taught (tm)
Engineer's degree, Computer Software Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT PAUL NETTLE
Technical leader and founder with 35+ years of hands-on engineering experience spanning large-scale software systems, real-time applications, and team leadership. Recently focused on AI and personalization, applying deep systems thinking and engineering discipline to human-centric AI platforms.Veteran of 30+ shipped titles, with a career built on designing, scaling, and maintaining complex production systems under real-world constraints. Extensive experience building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, balancing technical excellence with sustainable work practices.Known for diving deeply into hard problems—whether architectural, technical, or organizational—then translating to action. Combines a builder’s mindset with long-term strategic thinking, emphasizing durability, scalability, and thoughtful growth over short-term wins.Other accomplishments:• Co-author of book, LEARNING SWIFT - BUILDING AN IOS GAME, published in 2014.• Author of LEARN-SWIFT, a popular GitHub repo for learning the Swift programming language. Currently used to teach Swift programming at Harvard University.• Author of the GIANT PONG, a feature exhibit at the National Video Game Museum. This is a faithful recreation of the original Atari Pong (model C-100) from 1976.• Author of ASK MIDNIGHT, a popular Q&A blog (19••••02) for flipCode.com.• Author of GOBBLEDEGOOK, a popular open-source library to make Bluetooth LE more accessible on Linux. This is being used in a number of commercial products, from smart alarm clocks, to routers, to smart buildings.• Creator of BreakDemon, a training and informational tool for pool players. Providing live data for numerous broadcast events including the US Open and Derby City Classic.• Author of THE NETTLE MAGIC PROJECT, a suite of open-source tools and technology for scanning decks of cards for use in performance magic. This was used in a live performance to a packed house at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.• Author of MMGR, a powerful memory management & analysis API for C++.• National Champion, 9-ball.(American Cue Sports, 2015)• Two-time Texas State Champion, 8-ball.(Billiard Congress of America, 2004 & 2005)
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