I'm a London-based analyst and developer, and a graduate of the March 2021 cohort of Makers Academy. I'm excited by the collaborative nature and creative possibilities of tech.
| Name | Description | Tech/tools |
|---|---|---|
| Pace | A webapp to help running buddies to meet up | Ruby, Rails, GoogleMaps API, CSS, RSpec, etc. |
| BookFace | A social networking site | Ruby, jQuery, JavaScript, Rspec, Capybara, PostGreSQL, Rails, CSS, HTML |
| Outstagramme | an Instagram clone [WIP] | PERN stack (PostGreSQL, Express, React, Node), Yarn |
| Makers BnB | An AirBnB-style website | Ruby, Sinatra, Rspec, Capybara |
The Modern JavaScript Bootcamp Course (2020) - Colt Steele, Stephen Grider - completed
Tableau 2020 A-Z: Hands-on Tableau Training for Data Scientists - Kirill Emenko - completed
2020 Complete Python Bootcamp: from Zero to Hero in Python - Jose Portilla, Pieran Data Inc. - in progress
Essentia Analytics Oct 2019 to Dec 2020 (1 year+)
Operations and Research Analyst
- I worked with a Series A FinTech startup. My day-to-day included report production and quality assurance, using SQL, Bash, Tableau, Python, Google Sheets.
Australian Bureau of Statistics Nov 2015 to Jul 2019 (3.5 years+)
Analyst
- I worked in the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, analysing and collating statistical data and presenting insights on a quarterly cycle. I used Excel, in-house software, and SAS.
Since mid-2020 I have been learning web development: first independently, and now with the support of Makers.
- Completed a Udemy course, "The Modern Javascript Bootcamp Course (2021)" - a 50+ hour course on JavaScript and web development. Course completed in Jan 2021.
- Produced 8 web-based apps, including a site to compare movie stats using an API, an interactive maze, and a mock online store.
- [code still to be uploaded, pending post-course refactors]
- For 4+ years, I analysed economic data to extract stories about retail and wholesale trends in the Australian economy.
- I presented these insights to senior management on a quarterly basis. This involved a broad range of research on different Australian industries, from agriculture, to retail, to healthcare and education.
- Ruby: worked on 10+ course challenges, plus a final project (Pace), including a bank tech test, a twitter clone, a bowling calculator, a student directory.
- Rails: many of the later projects were produced with Rails,
- JavaScript: worked on 4 course challenges: a thermostat, a bowling scorecard calculator, an airport simulator, and a basic twitter clone.
- Worked on 4+ longer challenges (one to two weeks) in various teams using Agile methodology. Developed multiple websites from end-to-end.
- Domain modelling: using a class-based approach to planning out projects in advance.
- TDD: used TDD for the development of several apps, mainly in Ruby (Capybara and Rspec). THis involved feature and unit testing, as well as integration tests. Also developed a testing framework from scratch in JavaScript.
- Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in International Relations, with a minor in Sociology.
- Achieved a Distinction average
- Was in a contemporary classical choir for 4 years, and a pop band for 3 years. Started learning Python during Uni.
Other relevant achievments include:
- Participating in a hackathon (GovHack 2017) and winning a prize for our web app, whereshouldilive.space, an interactive heat map recommending Canberran suburbs to move to depending on user preferences.
In my spare time I enjoy bouldering and music, and I'm an amateur mycologist. I also enjoy annoying my family with extremely dumb jokes and bad puns. If you've read this far, please enjoy this dumb joke:
Q: What's the difference between a legal document and a cat? 🐱
A: One has pauses at the end of its clauses; the other has clawses at the end of its pawses 🐾