I am former business consultant and teacher who has decided to pursue a career change by learning to code at Makers Academy, one of Europe’s most selective and demanding coding bootcamps.
I am looking for a junior developer role in the London area that will allow to continue my progression and pursue my passion for creating high quality software.
| Projects | Description | Technology |
|---|---|---|
| Feedr | This app allows users to host and attend dinner parties based on their location, and then make a voluntary donation to the host. Completed in a team of 5. | Ruby, Rails, RSpec, Capybara, PostgreSQL |
| Snake | First attempt at writing an HTML game in Javascript, the classic game 'Snake'. Completed in a team of 4 | Javascript, Jasmine, HTML, CSS |
| Tic-tac-toe | Tech test based on the popular game tic-tac-toe | Ruby, RSpec |
| Bank Tech Test | Practice tech test to make a bank account program capable of making transactions and producing a bank statement | Ruby, Rspec |
| Acebook | Created as part of team of 17 over one week, a replica of Facebook | Ruby, Sinatra, DataMapper, RSpec, Capybara, Postgres |
| MakersBnB | Created in a team of 4 over 1 week, an app based on AirBnb | Ruby, Rspec, Capybara, DataMapper, PostgreSQL |
| Individual challenge to create a new version of Instagram. | Ruby, Rspec, Capybara, DataMapper, PostgreSQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS |
During my times as an accountant and business consultant, I specialized in analysing where clients could benefit from implementing new IT systems and software to increase efficiency and reduce labour costs. This ranged from small tweaks to their software usage, to total overhauls of their IT systems. For example, over the course of one audit, I transformed a small client from storing paper files in a shed to being fully cloud based, and equipped with the latest accountancy software. Our analysis showed that this would reduce their admin costs by over 25% year on year, as well giving staff members far more time to concentrate on more productive areas of the business.
My finance background has ensured I have a keen eye for detail. I have found that my experience of auditing has been particularly invaluable when it comes to debugging code, as I have a lot of practice in identifying errors or areas of weakness that initially seem buried in large quantities of data or documents. It also taught me to establish the simplest, most readable way to present this analysis to clients.
Prior to my time in business consultancy I spent nine months in Shanghai working as a teacher. This forced me to develop the ability communicate ideas clearly and concisely. Helping to prepare students for exams also helped to develop my organizational skills. I also helped to implement improvements to the curriculum used by my company, identifying areas where students struggled most and fine-tuning the classes in these areas to break the problems down into smaller, more manageable chunks, which saw student pass rates increase substantially. I was offered a management role for this achievement.
- Curiosity and hungry passion for code
- Independent learner and problem-solver
- OOP, TDD, SOLID, MVC, DDD
- Software Craftsmanship
- Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Node.js, Angular.js
- Rspec, Jasmine, Mocha
- BA in English Literature
Cartwrights Accountants and Business Consultants, April 2016 to November 2016: Accounts preparation, auditing and business consultancy. Particular emphasis on assisting clients improve their IT systems and software usage.
Education First, Shanghai, December 2015 to April 2016: Teaching both group and one to one classes to adults of all ability levels. Also involved in developing and improving the curriculum and lesson materials.
Thickbroom Coventry Chartered Accountants, January 2014 to November 2014: Trainee accountant. Accounts preparation and auditing, as well as regulary liaising with clients to suggest ways to cut costs and improve productivity.