Yuri Goytacaz, front-end engineer

More info:

• Based in São Luís, Maranhão - Brazil.
• Mac fan user
• 27 years old (and counting)
• Passionate about quality
• Constant desire to learn

Knowledge:

• Web semantics
• Advanced Photoshop and Fireworks
• Behavior with JQuery
• Accessible principles and WAI / Section 508
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization) principles
• User-centered approach

Skills:

• Expert hand-coding ability in xHTML/HTML5 (semantic), CSS 2 & 3
• Expertise in achieving cross-browser compatibility in IE6, Firefox, Safari and Chrome
• Translating mockups into standards-compliant HTML/CSS
• Ability to work with project managers, designers and developers
• W3C & WAI compliant

Experience:

• 3+ years commercial web experience
• In an agile development environment
• Experience with SVN and UNIX

What I do/don't:

• do: Structural comments in HTML and CSS as standard
• do: Strict DTD as standard
• do: Conditional comments to target IE6 (no in-CSS hacks)
• do: One central CSS file (no override or split stylesheet)
• do: Sprite graphic technique
• do: PNG fix for IE6
• don't: Complex JavaScript
• don't: Flash/AS3
• don't: Back-end development (will refer a pro)
• don't: Coffee