Hi, I’m Manish.
Builder, Cyclist, and occasional Essayist.
(Money-ish for non-native speakers)
Pronouns: He/His/Him
Here you can have a glance into a part of my professional life.
I’m currently available for freelancing.
Hi I am Manish Gotame.
I was born in Pokhara, Nepal, and spent my childhood and my schooling years in seven different places all over my country where I learned the diverse communal values and the cultures that have made me who I am today.
From school clubs for teaching programming to students to leading a team of developers to build an AI-powered platform (pre-LLM boom). I have delved into various technological fields and contorted them to meet people's needs in the form of products and services.
Apart from my initiatives, I also work as a freelancer on Upwork — I have worked on projects ranging from data scraping to data analytics platforms for clients all around the world. I currently work as a Smart Contract Developer at CarboonZero to build smart contracts and performant web applications using React, Django, etc.
You can check some of them out in my portfolio.
Apart from my professional work, I spend a lot of time reading The New Yorker and cycling essays. I have written some of my own in my substack. I also spend countless hours watching races and analyzing them -- clinically and thematically. I also ride and race bicycles and track my athletic progress on Strava where I geek over speed and power.
I hope that whatever work I do unites my various passions, and brings an impact on my communities -- be it on the bike, on paper, or on the keyboard.
Feel free to email me at: manishgt194@gmail.com
I love communicating with people about technologies and ideas, so if you are currently based in Pokhara, feel free to reach out for a ride or a cup of coffee.
Articles
on understanding Solidity and EVM in general
Work Experience
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Upwork - Freelancer
May 2021 - Present, Nepal
Specializing in data extraction automation, particularly in PDFs, I have worked on projects involving web development and web scraping. I worked on projects that required the use of Python, C++, and JavaScript with 100% client satisfaction. Worked with customers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, India, and the United Arab Emirates to complete projects on schedule and with correct communication and code documentation.
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OpenPastPaper - Co-Founder, Head Developer
April 2020 - Present, Nepal
Co-founded an Edtech business focused on Artificial Intelligence and Exam Management technologies. Currently utilized by people from over 50 countries, with a user base of over 2000. Led the Web Development and AI teams through a successful 8-month journey from concept to product launch.
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Nexo Games - Game Developer
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021, The United Kingdom - Remote work
I worked as a Roblox Game Developer, learnt Lua coding, and worked on three game development projects on my own. Also optimized internal game logic in order to get smoother performance. In the design and coding phases, I worked successfully with designers and concept artists. To increase work production, I collaborated with colleagues from various departments and assisted in brainstorming sessions.
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Million Dollar Vault - Senior Developer
Sept 2021 - Present, the UK - Remote Work
Working on a blockchain startup as the senior developer to leading the backend and the blockchain department. Co-ordinated two junior developers in building the frontend, learned to write low eth cost-effective smart contracts and tests in Solidity and have deployed on test networks as well as the blockchain network. Worked on backend functionality development as well as a minting web application using Truffle, React.js, web3, etc.
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NFT Fever - Senior Backend Developer
Dec 2021 - Present, the UK - Remote Work
As a backend developer, I worked on a web application for beginners offering NFT courses. Led the frontend team in completing tasks on time, optimizing production code, and resolving bugs prior to the launch date. Additionally, I coordinated a junior developer to implement a leaderboard feature. Utilized firebase and React.js to implement a custom signup, login, and password reset functionality.
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CarboonZero - Solidity Developer
Jun 2022 - Present - Remote Work
Working on building smart contracts, optimizing and building tools internally to assist in end-to-end testing.
What my clients are saying on Upwork.
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“Manish communicated well when working with us. He completed work in a timely manner and asked the right questions to understand what we wanted to accomplish.
He also went above and beyond and provided some improvements that we didn't even ask for. He wrote an optimized smart contract that significantly lowered our gas fees during mint. He used his own ideas to make the contract better, instead of leveraging existing gas-heavy libraries.
He also wrote a thorough test suite, which we didn't even ask for but was very beneficial to have. He also tested the contract by forking mainnet. Manish also provided a frontend developer from his network that worked on our website.“
— Sean Robenalt, ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆, the USA, Co-Founder, FixMyCar, Forever Labs.
"Manish was exceptionally fast, knowledgeable, and great to work with. Will certainly be working with him again on my next project. He kept me in the loop at all times, got up to speed very quickly on a complex project, made suggested solutions to the issues I was having. Would highly recommend."
— Daniel Davies, ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆, the United Kingdom
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“Manish showed great kindness, compassion, and respectfulness, being helpful and quick to support other junior developers. He has shown immense adaptability to a range of programming languages, having a natural talent for creating clear logical code. Manish was responsible for two junior developers and over-seeing all front and back-end development for the project.“
— Micheal Formby, CEO and Founder, Nexo Games, ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆, the United Kingdom
“Manish knows what he is doing. He was able to deliver the needed code fast and was available for reviewing and improving it.”
— Freelance Client, ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆, Egypt