Nic Lake is a lead software engineer who primarily works with Ruby/Rails and React. He has over a dozen years of experience writing code for a variety of industries. Nic graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in Management Information Systems. Outside of work, Nic enjoys video games, reading, mechanical keyboards, woodworking, watching the Celtics and Red Sox, cooking, and making spreadsheets. He also enjoys hacking at various small projects. Nic resides in eastern Iowa with his partner, daughter, and two cats.