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Mike Coutermarsh
Mike Coutermarsh

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Hi, I'm Mike Coutermarsh

I have been coding for [number] years.

You can find me on Twitter as @mscccc

I live in [city].

I work for [company]

I mostly program in these languages: [languages].

I am currently learning more about [topic].

Nice to meet you.

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