👋 Hi, I’m John Waldron (JDW: MA,MSc)
⚡ From mainframes to multisig: QA engineer building proof-of-work...
🌱 Currently:
- 7+ years as an IBM MQ Lab Advocate (z/OS, legacy infra) full-time engineering.
- Focused on Quality Assurance, testing, and documentation across various projects.
- Learning all sorts in 2025, right now mainly in Python/Playwright/Rust/LLM domains...
🔭 Proof of Work so far:
- ₿OSS Program (Chaincode Labs) — active in Bitcoin Core scripting & test challenges.
- Base58 Bitcoin Transactions Protocol Course Cert — hand-parsing transactions, P2SH/P2WSH scripts.
- Published advocacy on Bitcoin nation-state adoption (Ireland GE2024).
- Testing Lead & Operations Support for @BitVocation,
- Anthony Pompilano's Crypto Academy alumni
- BitVault Conference Rep (Dublin & Glasgow 2025) & SMM work
- NOTE: Ongoing Projects and Certs linked at bottom planned
Seeking work and collaboration on:
- QA/testing harnesses for projects (Python, Playwright, Bitcoin, Swift, Rust,).
- Documentation, test vectors, ci/cd, and onboarding guides.
- Developer advocacy and education — translating complex systems into clear narratives.
💬 Reach me:
⚡ Fun fact:
I reinterpret “IBM” as “Irish ₿itcoin Man” — marrying my past with my future.
PoW Rep Links and Accredations as IrishBitcoin Man =>
- IBM DevOps & Software Engineering Professional Certificate — Proof-of-Work overview & links
- LambdaTest Playwright 101 Professional Certificate — LMBT-PW-101-Repo
- Credly Proof of Work: