A Chemistry/Makers Academy graduate, avid tinkerer and world traveller. I measure my success in how much i can grow as a person and the experience i can gain, whilst always cultivating a positive outlook. I'm looking for a full-stack software development role in a company that highly values collaboration, learning/personal development and quality teamwork. Going forward i aim to learn as much as possible about existing languages/programming techniques and will always be thrilled by the prospect of encountering new and interesting technologies.
| Project Link | Main Skills Shown |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/LarsFin/Making-a-secure-web-app | TDD, strong collaboration, deep understanding of web development fundamentals, quality insight into cyber security. |
| https://github.com/rskyte/tic-tac-toe-tech-test | TDD and OOD. |
| https://github.com/rskyte/mmog | Rails, use of web-sockets, optimising for latency, collaboration |
| https://github.com/rskyte/nomnom | Rails, collaboration, UI design with HTML/CSS(using bootstrap). |
| https://github.com/rskyte/thermostat | Learning a new language(javascript), TDD, use of API's. |
Be it fixing a difficult bug, joining mensa or teaming up with my uncle to build a fence (with no prior experience); I live to solve problems/complete challenges. I love few things more than an elegant solution. A standout example of this skill occured while working on a group project during the eighth week of the course at Makers Academy. A particularly elusive bug was threatening the advancement of our project, so while the rest of the team continued working on any other features they could, i was tasked with fixing the issue. After half a day of isolating different areas of the codebase and zeroing in to pinpoint the issue, i managed to find and remedy the bug. Thus allowing me and the team to continue and enjoy success in our project.
Constantly striving to improve this skill has left me with the ability to communicate and connect with people from all walks of life. During my time spent working as a bartender i was fortunate enough to meet many different kinds of people and learning how to interact with them has proved invaluable to me. More recently at Makers Academy through constant pair programming and documentation (README's/annotation), i've developed proficiency in communicating about code. The culmination of this development was presenting the final group project with my team at the end of the Makers Academy course. This presented an unusual challenge which i managed to overcome, the challenge of giving an engaging but also informative presentation to a room full of people with varying technical experience.
Makers Academy is a 16 week intensive software development course aimed at giving it's students the skills to be great developers It strongly emphasises XP values, agile methodologies and best coding practices, focussing on Object Oriented Programming, Test Driven Development and quality design patterns/principles (e.g Model-View-Controller, Single Responsibility Principle). The syllabus is taught using Ruby/Rails/Javascript/HTML most often tested using RSpec/Jasmine.
As a makers graduate i am capable of producing quality code using the technologies listed above by applying the relevant coding practices. However the greatest strengths this institution has imbued in me are:
- The ability to learn new technologies/frameworks quickly, efficiently and independently. This is best evidenced by the thermostat project undertaken during the 5th week of the course (link in project table). Through pair programming with other learners i managed to create a fully tested frontend app in javascript without any previous experience of the language.
- The ability to collaborate effectively with other developers, at makers i pair programmed every weekday for 12 weeks and many of the later weeks saw me working on group projects(such as the Making-a-secure-web-app project in the project table). This has granted me strong programmatic communication, whilst making me proficient in using GitHub.
- A genuine passion for writing code and embracing new technologies/ways of thinking. The course actively encourages curiosity around fields that aren't necessarily covered by the core teachings and grants the confidence to explore them. This is especially evident in the final project me and my team undertook (Making-a-secure-web-app in project table), where my enthusiasm helped me to absorb many new concepts.
BSc Chemistry
Relish Bar & Grill July 2014 - August 2017
Bartender/Mixologist
The Lindley Catering Group(catering for events at the keepmoat stadium) July 2012 - June 2014
Catering Staff