As a passionate junior web developer with an particular interest in test driven development and object oriented design, who derives great satisfaction from writing elegant code, I feel that I can add instant value to a firm through my dedication to agile methodologies and TDD. I'm looking for a part-time position, in an agile environment, that will allow me to learn as much as I possibly can.
I am equally comfortable in Ruby (Rails and Sinatra), Javascript (Node.js). I recently picked up the fundamentals of C#.Net over the course of a week and a half, and am now turning my attention to Scala and Clojure. I carry out TDD and BDD, and strive to follow the SOLID principles and to keep my code as DRY as possible. I believe that in following these principles I can help ensure that my code is TRUE (transferable, readable, usable and exemplery) and, more importantly, that it is easy to maintain and to change.
- Working within a team to meet a client brief, I spent the final two weeks of Makers creating a Rails Application heavily reliant on a relational database and a complex and secure routing system: One Day Experience
- During a 2.5 day makeathon, I worked within a team to create an app that used the Twitter API to analyse current trends: SmartTwits
- I am currently taking Martin Odersky's course 'Functional Programming Principles in Scala' via Coursera in order to gain a better understanding of both Scala and functional programming.
I was drawn to studying Philosophy, Law, and more recently Programming, largely through a love of problem solving. I consider myself to be very good at analysing problems, having a good conceptual overview of the issues, and applying a suitable solution.
- Prior to studying at Makers Academy, I attended and won a hackathon run by Makers but Judged by external VCs.
- I have entered and won a number of debating and mooting competions, demonstrating my ability to approach a problem strategically, and to think on my feet quickly and calmly.
- Whilst Executive Officer at Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art: I took a critical look at the budget I had inherited and renegotiated contracts resulting in improved efficiencies and substantial savings of c. £3,000pa; and successfully planned and implemented new procedures that led to improved organisational performance.
I work well within a team and constantly strive both to learn from, and to share my knowledge with, others in order to build the team's capacity. I have actively participated in, and contributed to, a variety of discussions and meetings, and am confident meeting with clients and stakeholders.
- Upon graduating from Makers Academy, I was hired as an Alumni Helper to support those currently on the course.
- As a volunteer paralegal at Islington Law Centre, I attended and conducted client interviews with a view to obtaining necessary information to support employment law cases.
- Recognised for diplomacy, and winner of the Addleshaw Goddard Debating Competition 2010.
- Managed relationships at all levels within internal and external organisations including government organisations, contractors, and members of the public.
- Experienced in networking and establishing useful contacts
I have experience managing small teams and medium budgets (upto £250,000). I consider communication, planning, and continuous evaluation to be vital to effective management.
- Whilst at Liverpool Biennial, I held regular line management meetings with assistant and apprentice in order to ensure successful working relationship and gauge extent of workload and any training requirements
- I also held regular training sessions with an apprentice in order to fill his skill/knowledge gaps and manage his completion of apprenticeship NVQ
I have always loved learning, devouring books, and seeking out opportunities to learn as many varied skills as I can, from: languages to touch-typing, photography, the cello, knitting, baking, and electronics.
- Since graduating from Makers Academy, I have taught myself C#.Net and NUnit: [Book Parser] (https://github.com/emilysas/book_parser); and believe this has helped improve my understanding of OOP enormously.
- I attend as many tech meetups, hacknights, workshops and conferences as possible; in the process, I have learned more about things like: rackware; data analysis; agile methodologies; and when hacking can actually be a good thing.
- During my gap-year in East Africa, I endeavoured to learn Swahili rather than to rely on English (although a National Language), and ended up with a good conversational level in the language.
- I am a self-taught amateur chocolatier, which even led to a couple of commissions
- Excellent problem solver, with the ability to see the bigger picutre as well as concentrate on the finer details
- Striving to write simple and elegant code
- OOP, TDD, BDD, SOLID, MVC, Agile, KanBan,
- Software Craftsmanship
- Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Javascript, Node.js
- Rspec, Jasmine, Mocha, Cucumber
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- Distinction
Insitute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London - Oct '06 to Oct '07
- MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights - Theoretical, Practical and Legal aspects of human rights work
- Merit
- Founded the debating society at the Institute
- BA (Hons): Philosophy, achieving particularly highly in Logic & Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy
- 2.1 (68%)
- 1st Class dissertation in Legal Philosophy entitled “On the possibility of Universal Human Rights in the face of Relativism