"If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try." - Seth Godin
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I am located in the heart of the Midwest in the United States. I am a stay-at-home homeschool entrepreneur mom of 8 kids turned Web Developer via Makers Academy in London, England and many hours of self-study.
Starting from ground zero, I taught myself enough Ruby to join the ranks of the 10% accepted into Makers Academy.
"It's not called "Oxbridge meets the Marines, but for Developers" for nothing!" - Makers Academy website
I can claim the distinction of never being late or absent for the 3:30am (US time) start time during the whole 3 months of the remote online bootcamp.
I am a strong believer in lifelong learning, discovering new things, and being open to possibilities. I have a curious nature and am interested in *~ way ~* too many things to learn in one lifetime.
Check out my Resume!
Here's what some of my fellow cohort members had to say about me ...
"Methodical with attention to detail" - Alex Saunders
"Voice of calm and reason" - Jose Copovi-King
"Curious. Not satisfied with it just working, needs to know why" - Zeeshan Ishtaiq
"Nomi was the heart of our team. I really enjoyed working with her" - Sal Mohamed
I am comfortable working with other people and on teams. During my time at Makers Academy I worked on a remote cohort with people from 10 different countries, who had different cultures, backgrounds and native languages. Every day was a new pair programming experience. I also worked on 3 different team projects each with new team members. I was successfully able to adapt to the unique dynamics posed by each team or pair partner. At times I stepped up and filled the mediator role of the team to smooth tensions created by conflicting opinions.
I also have experience working with people in various customer service roles. I worked with many customers with my quilting business. I helped elderly people with their daily living needs as a Certified Nurse Assistant. As an Administrative Assistant, I helped both the staff and congregation with a variety of needs. Also, I have had experience with customer service in the retail sector.
Prior to and during Makers I ran my quilting business part-time while homeschooling and taking care of my family. I've taught myself all I've needed to know to run this business successfully for many years. Meeting deadlines, and keeping customers happy has been a big part of that success.
I was able to teach myself enough coding, with no prior knowledge, to allow me to get accepted into Makers Academy. I was able to finish 1 month of pre-course, and 3 months of intensive coursework all while maintaining crazy hours and a busy homelife.
Teaching yourself new things is a sign of self-motivation and my life is filled with self-teaching examples such as photography, Photoshop, drawing, cooking, homeschooling, and various types of crafts.
I am a person who needs creativity as a part of my life. My interests generally gravitate in that route. I have dabbled in many things like, Photography, quilting, crafts of all kinds, drawing, composing piano music, and pattern design.
When I started looking into web development I was very pleased to discover the creative side of tech and how it fits together with the technical aspects.
Pretty much all of the creative interests I have pursued require a great attention to detail. In particular, I have been known to spend hours (maybe even days) working with Photoshop on a single photo mostly at the pixel level. The time just flies by.
When designing and coding the websites I've created I enjoy working to get them just right. If I don't know how to do something I will search the internet to help problem solve, trying out what I find. It can be a long process at times, but it is worth it.
My attention to detail and ability to be methodical will help me to create beautiful (hopefully bug-free) code.
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| Portfolio Blog | Personal portfolio blog |
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Heroku Github |
| Horse Show Connection | A compilation of links and info relating to 4H horse shows |
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Heroku Github |
| Meal Planner | Create recipes, and add them to a meal planner |
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Heroku Github |
Makers Academy is a fully immersive, full-time computer programming course in London, designed to turn people with no knowledge of web development into job-ready junior developers in just 12 weeks. Europe’s #1 Developer Bootcamp.
- Agile Technologies, TDD, OOP, SOLID, MVC, DRY, and Extreme Programming
- Pair Programming and Team Projects with daily standups, and weekly code reviews.
- Project-based curriculum
- Contextualised learning
- Focused on authenticity
Certified Nurse Assistant - State certification October 2014
Bachelor of Science in Business - Degree awarded
Studied International business
Photoshop for photography, retouching projects and the basics of wireframing
Adobe Illustrator for pattern design projects
Cottonwood Creek Quilting (March 2001 to August 2018)
Owner
Homeschool Teacher (August 1996 to present)
Teacher to my own children
Tri-State Nursing (October 2014 to March 2015)
Certified Nurse Assistant
Younkers (October 2013 to February 2014)
Sales Associate
Central Baptist Church (August 2008 to May 2009)
Administrative Assistant
Gateway 2000 (January 1992 to November 1993)
Computer Technical Service Representative