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Former Secondary Science Teacher with a wide range of transferable skills, currently embarking on a career change into the tech industry through Makers Academy in London.
I'm a self professed geek, full of little facts about how things work or why things happen. Since I was a child I've always enjoyed learning a wide range of things, challenging myself to develop in new and exciting ways. In my adult life so far this has taken me in a number of different directions. From secondary science teaching, to professional development of managers at a university in central London.
I've always been creatively minded and have had little opportunity to explore this side of myself in my career. I believe learning to code and becoming a software developer will give me this opportunity and that really excites me.
Let's get stuck in!
| Project | Description | Technology Used | Testing Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraform | Terraform and AWS practice I completed as part of my time at Infinity Works Consultancy. | Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Docker | NA |
| Whisper | Final project at Makers Academy. An iOS messaging application with end-to-end encryption using our own web-socket server. | Swift, Firebase, Ruby, Sinatra | XCTest (Xcode), RSpec, SimpleCov |
| Gilded Rose | Practice Tech Test completed as part of Makers Academy | JavaScript | Jasmine |
| Yelp Clone | Week long project complted as part of the Makers Academy Course with the aim to build a clone of Yelp | Rails | RSpec , Capybara |
- Motivated & Self Organised
- Effective Project Management
- Team Orientated.
- Creativity
- Inquisitive
Makers Academy is an intensive boot camp focussing on full stack development and team working in an Agile (Scrum) environment, learning effective TDD, BDD and XP practices in different languages and frameworks.
Experience so far has made use of the following tools and techniques:
- Ruby development using Sinatra, Rails, RSpec, Mini test, Capybara and Data Mapper
- JavaScript development using Node.js, JQuery, Jasmine, Mocha/Chai/Sinon, Zombie, ExpressJS, Mongoose and Handlebars
- Frontend development using HTML, CSS and the Bootstrap 4 CSS library
- Supporting technologies including PostgreSQL, MongoDB and TravisCI
- PGCE Secondary Science (Masters Level)
- BSc Biochemistry (Hons)
- Classification: 2:1
- Course representative for Biochemistry.
- A Levels: Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Infinity Works Consultancy (Jan '18 - Feb '18)
Associate Consultant
- First role out of Makers Academy at a tech agency in London. Worked on a project for Sainsbury's Bank.
- Worked on Terraform, Amazon Web Services and Docker.
- Involved in an agile team conducting daily standups, regular retros and sprint planning sessions.
London South Bank University (Mar '17 - Jul '17)
Organisational Development Assistant
- Organised and managed the training courses for all managers at the university.
- Designed a new system for producing detailed metrics and reports for our teams performance.
- Involved in testing, improving and updating the universities online appraisal system.
enlightenHR (Jan '17 - Feb '17)
Contractor
- Worked closely with an HR company to assist with the staff redundancy process at a large hotel in Manchester.
Vision for Education, Manchester (Sep '16 - Dec '16)
Supply Teacher
- Acting science teacher at a number of schools across the Greater Manchester area before relocating to London.
Sale High School, Manchester (Apr '13 - Jul '16)
Secondary Science Teacher
- Worked as a secondary science teacher, teaching up to GCSE Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
- Single handedly initiated, designed and delivered an original project within the school. Aimed at developing struggling students in areas outside of their subjects.
- Mentor and coach for pupils, dealing with sensitive issues and supporting pupils outside
I am an avid consumer of media, spending a lot of time reading literature, going to the theatre, cinema and playing video games. I greatly enjoy traveling and experiencing different cultures, I have gained an advanced level qualification in SCUBA diving whilst doing this. I also enjoy learning things in my spare time, I am currently learning how to bake and find this helps me unwind after a long day at work.