Hi ๐ I'm Jess, a software developer, and social worker from ๐๏ธ Mthatha, South Africa, living in Cape Town. Currently thinking about and building innovative solutions to the mental health and metabolic health crisis. ๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
There are around 6.8 billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide, and while this differs across countries, almost all the world owns a cellphone. ๐ฒ
Whether you're looking at low-tech, low-data solutions or premium subscription services, there are two things we know for sure:
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ,
๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
Needless to say, ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ and population-wide disease prevention.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ, you'll find me taking a break from my long-standing corporate project management work to ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. I'll be busy with a flexible front-end and ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ. ๐