Technical skills

React
Next JS
Javascript
Typescript
HTML
CSS
Node.js
Visual Basic
C++
C#
Unity
Unreal Engine
Maya
Kofax Capture

Kofax KTM
UIpath
Kapow
SQL
Xamarin Forms
Jest
Cypress
CI/CD

Personal Statement

Throughout my time in agile startups, and teaching I have racked up a good understanding and a lot of millage with React.js. Having built and delivered a working Point of Sale system using the mern stack (mostly working on the front end but also having designed a lot of the systems involved). This web application is currently used by @homePizza for its day-to-day operations. The project taught me the value of test-driven development and gave me experience with both Jest and Cypress for Unit and Integration testing.

Teaching at Uxbridge college I primarily covered the FARM stack with our T-Level students. This experience of trying to teach the key skills to students in a short time frame also helped round out my experience in full-stack development.

Soft skills

Adaptive
Communication
Cooperation
Creativity
Dependability
Handling pressure
Leadership
Organisation/Planning
Problem-solving
Time Keeping
Teaching

Work Experience

Start Ups (Collective): Front End/Full stack Developer

Oct 2018 - Jan 2019 | May 2021 - Now

Responsibilities:

Building responsive React front ends.
Managing projects.
End to end and unit testing.
Designing full stack solutions.
System support.

Uxbridge College: Casual Lecturer - Comp Sci

Aug 2021 - Now

Responsibilities:

Teaching students - Primarily web dev.
Planning schemes of work and assignments.
Marking assignments.

@Home Pizza: Delivery Driver

Sept 2018 - Now

Responsibilities:

Delivering pizza in a timely and professional manner.
Professionally and politely take orders.

Hermes: Courier

Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

Responsibilities:

Delivering parcels with tight daily deadlines.
Managing my daily schedule.
Building positive relationships with the customers.

DCS: Software Engineer

Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

Responsibilities:

Developing/delivering sofware solutions to deadlines.
Working with clients to understand their needs and requirements.
Maintaining and improving my skillset to meet buisness demands.
Training clients in sofware operation.
Working both independently and in a team.
Software and hardware installations for clients.
Deploying databases.

Britannia Parking: Parking Officer

Sept 2016 - Oct 2017

College part time job 2

Dominoe's: Customer Service Representative

Feb 2014 - Aug 2016

College part time job 1

Certifications

Kapow 10 Technical Solutions Specialist:

Certified

Kofax - 2017

RPA Developer Foundation Diploma:

Certified

UI Path - 2017

Level 5 HND (Games Dev):

Distinction

Uxbridge college - Oct 2015 - Jul 2017

Level 3 BTEC (Games Dev):

Distinction*, Distinction, Distinction

Uxbridge college - Sept 2013 - Jun 2015

GCSEs:

10 GCSEs A-C

Chalfont Community College - Sept 2011 - Jun 2013

About Me

For the most part, I am a man who is addicted to hobbies, so I figure i'll just tell you about a couple of them below.

Rock Climber

Well, mostly boulderer for now (Although my new harness should be changing that). I first went at the beginning of 2020, and instantly fell in love. Since then I have found myself spending a large proportion of my free evenings scaling walls in gyms. I find the satisfaction of working out the solution to the boulder problem, then physically testing it. To be one of the best feelings ever. It has inspired me to push myself constantly, from conquering my fear of heights (mostly), to regularly doing pull ups, I find that this hobby is always forcing me to find new ways to improve myself.

Chess Player

After having mostly cut video games out of my life, I was in search of something to scratch that itch. I was already rock climbing and that satisfied me, but once my body was worn out and I had to spend a day or two recovering, I would grow bored. This is what drove me to the chess board. I had dabbled with the game before but was pretty bad, and so I decided I would try and get good. I learnt a couple of openings and began to get confident with the basic counter attacks and lines that I was coming up against. With little education beyond that I have managed to get myself to a rating of 1000 elo. With that goal accomplished, the next step for me is to sit down and really do some study so that I can be ready for an actual over the board event.

If you happen to also play chess, why not challenge me to game over on chess.com here.