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title: Andy Davies | Software Developer from Merseyside, UK
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content_meta: "Andy Davies is a software developer from Wirral, Merseyside in North West UK. This is Andy's website, portfolio and blog."
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		<h1>
			<span class="name">Andy Davies </span> 
			<br>
			<span class="job-title">Software Developer</span>
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		<h2 class="sidebar-selector-heading">Featured Work</h2>
		
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				<h3 class="tab-heading">Programming</h3>
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				<h3 class="tab-heading">Writing</h3>
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		<a href="https://learn.andydavi.es">
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					<h4 class="tile-title">learn.andydavi.es</h4>
					<span class="tile-description">Interactive programming courses</span>
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				<img src="images/programmer-500x400.svg" alt="silhouette of a programmer at a desk">

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	<h2 class="section-title">Latest course</h2>

		<article class="featured-post">
		
			<h3 class="featured-post-title">The Fundamentals Of Programming</h3>
			<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/programmer.svg" alt="silhouette of a programmer at a desk">
			<p>Learn the fundamentals of programming and computer science with my interactive online course, where you can compile and run your code directly in your web browser.</p>

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				<a class="button" href="https://learn.andydavi.es">Learn more</a>
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		<img src="images/profile-240x240.jpg" alt="Andy Davies">
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		<h2 class="about-me-heading">About me</h2>

		<p>
			I'm a software developer from Wirral in the UK. In 2015 I taught myself how to program and got my first job as a software developer. Since then I've worked for small startups and large companies, including Unilever, Very.co.uk and Santander. I can work across the 'stack', whether that's writing Javascript on the front end, Java and Spring Boot on the back end, or provisioning and managing infrastructure in AWS. My main experience is with Java, Javascript and AWS, but I've also worked with C, C#, Python and Azure, and because I have a strong grasp of the fundamentals I can pick up new languages and frameworks in a few days. I've even written <a href="https://learn.andydavi.es">my own course</a> on the fundamentals of programming and computer science. You can get in touch with me <a href="
			https://twitter.com/1andydavies1">on Twitter</a>, at hello@andydavi.es or by clicking the button below.
		</p>
		

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			<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link contact.md %}" class="button">Contact me</a>
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	<h2 class="section-title">Latest blog post</h2>
			
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