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<h1>About Me</h1>

<p>My name is Oscar Godson. I'm a front-end engineer at <a href="http://simple.com">Simple</a> and formerly a software engineer at <a href="http://yammer.com">Yammer</a>. I have a <a href="http://twitter.com/ciarragodson">wife</a>, Ciarra, and two kids, Ezra and Elliott. I currently reside in Portland, OR. I like to make cool shit like <a href="http://epiceditor.com">EpicEditor</a> in my free time.</p>

<p><em>No, I'm not available for freelance or full-time work.</em></p>

<h2>5 Fun Facts About Oscar</h2>

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  <li>I'm a high school dropout and went to college to to be a graphic designer and graduated at 17.</li>
  <li>Favorite band of all time is Leftover Crack.</li>
  <li>I got into programming doing PHP when I was in about 8th grade.</li>
  <li>My first job was a cashier at Target when I was 16.</li>
  <li>My nickname is "Bieber" (as in Justin Bieber) because someone posted a picture of Justin Bieber under someone else's name in the Yammer network saying how much they love Justin Bieber and <a href="http://f.cl.ly/items/2q120R3K3D3F2W3O473L/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-01%20at%207.29.44%20PM.png">Wil Everts</a> tagged me in it. It stuck further when <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tour-after-hours-at-yammer-the-hot-sf-startup-that-just-scored-85-million-2012-3#oscar-godson-is-the-baby-here-hes-only-21-years-old-his-nickname-is-justin-bieber-see-the-resemblance-9">Business Insider</a> mentioned it. I've decided to embrace it.</li>
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