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After 10 years working as a IT engineer managing and setting up servers and databases, packaging applications as well as building software to help with my day to day work, I decided to do something I have always been passionate about and so joined the intensive software developer course at Makers Academy so that I can craft beautiful code for a living full time. This passion arose from my side project JobVeta.co.uk which I have been working on for the last 2 years after work, I enjoyed building this so much that it's drove me to doing this full time.
A junior developer with an entrepreneurial spirit to craft great applications that make a real difference. Enjoy learning new skills, passionate about the web and want to put my mark on the industry.
| Project | Team Size | Description | Technologies used | View Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JabbyChat | 4 | WhatsApp like chat clients working on XMPP protocol. Developed a iOS client in less then 2 weeks using Swift and web client in Javascript/jQuery. With text translation for messages. | Swift, Javascript, jQuery, XMPP, Google Translation API, Ajax, Bootstrap, CSS3 and HTML5 | JabbyChat Github |
| 1 | Ruby on Rails Instagram clone with most of the major features. That also uses Javascript and Ajax. Built the core app over 2 days. | Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, Ajax, Bootstrap, RSpec, CSS3 and HTML5 | Instagram Github | |
| Chitter | 1 | Basic Test driven Sinatra Twitter clone. Built over 2 days. | Sinatra, Ruby, RSpec, Bootstrap | Chitter Github |
Project | Description | Technologies used | --- | --- | --- | --- JobVeta.co.uk | Job search engine that crawls and indexes jobs from different websites. | C#, PHP, Javascript, Sphinx Search, MySQL, Redis, Apache and multiple API's.
Oct 2016—Present
- Creating applications in PHP using the Laravel web framework.
- Integrating third party api's.
- Database design and development (MYSQL).
- Managing and installing a number of Windows/Linux servers.
- Network design and management.
Jan 2012—Jul 2016
- Providing technical/debugging support to clients.
- Creating applications in C#, close integration with existing systems such as Active Directory and Office 365.
- Writing scripts in PowerShell, maintaining a number of Windows servers and networks.
- Writing documentation for technical and non technical staff.
Aug 2009—Jan 2012
Jan 2009—Aug 2009
Oct 2007—Jan 2009
I have asked members of my team whom I have worked with for feedback on some of my strengths. Below is a non exhaustive list of traits that stood out to me:
A never give up attitude to resolving problems. Have spent the last two years building JobVeta.co.uk. I faced many problems on the way but always found a solution or workaround. Self driven and put the work in to make great products.
Can visualise an application while it's still on the drawing board.
Quickly able to pick up new technologies. For example for the final project at Makers Academy me and my team built two clients one of which was using Swift for the iOS application. This was completely new to all of the team and in less then 2 weeks built a working MVP.
Makers Academy, London
Programming Bootcamp: July 2016—Sept 2016
- Highly selective 12 week full-time course.
- Focussed on Pair Programming, Test Driven Development and Agile practices.
- Exposure to OOP, TDD, SOLID, MVC, DDD.
- Teaching programming with Ruby, Ruby on Rails and Javascript.
- Graduation project: JabbyChat - A WhatsApp like chat clients working on XMPP protocol. Developed a iOS client in Swift and web client in Javascript/jQuery.
Certification: 2009
- Microsoft Certified Professional
NVQ ICT Practitioner: 2006
- Scalable applications and Agile practices.
- High traffic sites, lean startups, SEO, scraping data and the business side of tech.
- Enjoy reading up on history, philosophy, politics and love football.
- English
- Punjabi
- manjinder.s.gill '(at)' googlemail.com
- Github