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After 14 years working in the media and customer service industry, I took the plunge and begain working towards becoming a master coder having finished at Makers Academy in May 2018.
Skills | Education | Experience | Interests |
During my previous incarnation, I led a number of team based projects, which involved creating and documenting technical work flows for my team - including slick, easy to follow training manuals.
My experiences in providing significant support and cover for management and the Operations Director have allowed me to apply analytical thinking to any project and provide valuable, technical support and data set analysis - always heavily involved in the development and implementation of new projects.
I’m flexible, and always keen to improve and learn new skills on the job whenever necessary - I feel it’s essential to bring new ideas and enthusiasm to any working environment.
I now have 3+ years experience as a Software Developer/Software Developer in Test, and working experience with: OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD. Agile/XP. Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, RSpec, Jasmine. I have extensive experience in building, rebuilding, planning, developing and defining strategy for automated e2e and regression testing suites using: Selenium, Cypress, Testcafe and their relevant dom-testing-framework API, GitHub Actions and its CI/CD workflow.
I'm comfortable with coaching people, suggesting improvements, and ensuring things run smoothly - a firm believer in refactoring where necessary and ensuring all code is reusable where appropriate. I have always been keen to explore new ideas and technologies that push me out of my comfort zone.
Curious and passionate about code. Fast, independent learner. OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD. Agile/XP. Ruby, Rails, JavaScript. RSpec, Jasmine
| Title | Summary | Technologies Used |
|---|---|---|
| Git Jamming | Final Project (group) - A web app that allows users to create and share music using MIDI software instruments. Play on Heroku |
JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS Firebase, Jasmine, Cypress & MIDI |
| Makersbnb | Group project - build an Airbnb clone | BCrypt, Bootstrap, Capybara, PostgreSQL (and TablePlus for GUI), Rake, RSpec, Ruby & Sinatra |
| Thermostat | Solo project - build an online thermostat | JavaScript, Jasmine & JQuery |
| Airport Challenge | Solo project - one of the very first I worked on (be nice!) | Ruby, RSpec, Rake & RuboCop |
BA (Hons) Creative Music Production
Foundation Degree Creative Music Production
Key Skills Level 2
Key Skills Level 1
Senior SDET
Senior SDET
Software Development Engineer in Test
Connector Developer
Support Team Supervisor
Content Moderator
During University I built sound art installations that required working with and merging new and old media - using signal paths within Pure Data and various DAWs to convert live and file based audio for use within interactive sound installations.
Some links, if you fancy a peep: