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Siobhan Goggins siobhan.goggins@gmail.com
I am a junior software developer who recently graduated from Makers Academy.
Previously I spent 5years in Marketing and studied Computer Game Art and Fine Art in university, I’ve always been drawn to creation, whether it be a digital illustration to a writing a program and seeing it come alive on screen.
As a female INTJ I’m a natural creative and logical thinker, and I fell in love with coding as it’s the perfect collaboration of both worlds. What drives me is to chance to perpetually learn new things, and in the world programming you never stop learning.
I’ve been lucky enough to be exposed to many different sectors, and have a keen interest in psychology, I used my skills in marketing to aid the creation of webtools that would lead the user through a digital experience and subtly influence them to buy the clients product. I believe my experience would offer different, and deeper insights into problems to aid problem solving process.
My desire is to work with people that share the same growth mindset, and to collaborate as a team and bring out the best in each other to create amazing products and experiences.
| Title | Description | Technologies | Testing Framework |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyper Cat | A retro-styled 2D, side-scrolling platform game | Javascript, Express, Node.js, Travis, Heroku | Jasmine, Karma, Istanbul |
| Tic Tac Toe | The logic for 2-player game of TicTacToe | Javascript ES6, Node.js | Jasmine-node, Karma |
| Bank Tech Test | A simple CLI application that simulates bank account management | Javascript, Node.js | Mocha/Chai, Istanbul, Sinon |
| AceBook | A experiment into using a compile language to create a social media | Java, SpringBoot, React, Node.js, Postgres | Jest, Enzyme, Junit, NightWatch |
At Convince, I was responsible for a large majority of client work and Convince’s lead generation activities.
Our lack of automation limited our growth. I took it upon myself to investigate technologies that could increase our turnover, invented strategies to streamline our processes and to boost efficiency. This allowed us to take on more clients whilst maintaining our exceptional standards.
At Ginkgo Financial I was asked to oversee their website update. I identified an array of mobile responsive problems, UX/UI issues and visual errors.
I took it upon myself to learn WordPress, basic CSS, html, PHP in a limited amount of time and went about solving these issues personally. I was driven by sheer determination for Ginkgo to have a site they could be proud, and to push my limits.
I find the state of pressure counterproductive and strive to avoid falling under its spell. I prefer to ignore the anarchy of pressure and just get on with getting things done to meet the deadline.
Makers Academy (March 2018 to July 2018)
A highly selective, 16-week, intensive coding bootcamp. The course is focuses on writing well-written, easy to understand and maintain code. This is achieved through constantly applying best practices, including:
- Pair-programming
- TDD and BDD
- OOP/OOD
- Agile methodologies
- XP Values
I jumped at the chance of exposing myself to as many new technologies when possible during the course.
- Languages: Ruby, JavaScript(inc ES6), Python, Java, React, HTML/CSS
- Web Frameworks: Sinatra, Node.js/Express, Spring Boot
- Databases: PostgreSQL
- Testing: Jasmine, Jest, Enzyme, Nightwatch, Mocha/Chai, Istanbul, Sinon, JUnit, Rspec, Capybara,
- CI/CD tools: Travis CI, Heroku
- CVS: Github
University of Teeside (2009 - 2013)
BA Computer Game Art - specialised in environmental and character concept art (the only university in country doing this course.)
BA Hons Fine Art - with a focus was on digital illustration and drawing. Was accepted to the top 3 art universities in London.
Blake College (2008 - 2009)
Foundation Diploma - full scholarship to this quirky art school, they changed the way I looked at the world and I'll be forever grateful for that.
Convince (Nov 2013-present) - Marketing/BD Manager
A micro business I wasn’t confined to a conventional role and could help influence the direction the business should go. Most of my tasks were:
- Contributed to the business model
- Marketing strategy – social, PPC, email
- Leading the direction of our backend system
- Campaign strategy, creation and implementation, including reporting
- UX/UI testing for webtools
- New business and lead generation strategy for clients and Convince
Ginkgo Financial (Dec 2017 to April 2018) - Marketing Consultant
Created a new business campaign to other accountants, optimised their database and strategy to which saw a 300% decrease in the amount of times they could create reports for clients.
Marketing strategy and management, website management, landing page design, was able to create a detailed wireframe for the developer and wrote the content.
I love running, yoga, and climbing.
I classify myself as a creator and builder of things.
I’m a keen animal lover, nothing beats taking my dog for a walk in the woods.
Classify myself as an immersion addict.