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Hi. I'm Gabriel.

I'm a Junior Software Developer

I started my journey into the Tech Industry rather unconventionally.

Starting my career in retail and tech support roles had me been passionately discussing the latest product at Apple on the shop floor and behind the Genius Bar, or creating expermiental sounds using modular synths with fellow Music Technologists in studios at Bath Spa University. I was always surrounded by interesting and inspiring tech.

However I felt involved only at a surface level through my role in connecting clients and customers to the finished product.

Now I am getting stuck in at the source. Calling upon the people skills I have gained previously (including working in teams, pitching ideas, bringing passion to products, working to deadlines and under pressure) and merging them with my arsenal of coding knowledge and practices provided by my recent coding traineeship with IT Career Switch.

Now at the end of this intense one year bootcamp course, I am capable of understanding and implementing both Front End and Back End technologies (individually or completely in a Full Stack) in multiple languages including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, PHP and more.

I am eager to learn daily, work fiercely, and put my best foot forward in this constantly ground breaking industry.

Work & Eduction

Student at IT Career Switch
Online, Remote
2022 - Present

Learned Full Stack Development from essential to intermediate knowledge and application. Topics studied covered a wide area such as: language syntax, DevOps, Testing, Front End stacks, Back End stacks, and connecting the two. Languages include: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, PHP, SQL, C#, Java, Git. Libraries/frameworks include but are not limited to: jQuery, React, Jest, Redux, Express, Node, Bootstrap.

Supervisor at Cotswold Outdoor
Bath, UK
2020 - 2021

Part of the sales team on the shop floor. Led customer interactions independently. Learned about products throughout the store to an adept level and applied knowledge in customer conversations. Provided assistance and guidance to customers regarding products purchase or enquiry, such as information regarding functionality or application. Operated the till system, processing sales and refunds. Opened and closed shop front. Cashed up till after closing time.

Sales Advisor at Vodafone
Bath, UK
2020

Engage and converse with customers using conversational techniques and psychology to achieve understanding of requirements. Resolve customer challenges or requests in-store whilst under pressure. Work with sales targets at an individual and store level to meet store revenue quota. Use abundance of provided technical knowledge and training received in order to meet customer needs and use the custom software systems to process transactions, customer accounts, and other things.

Sales Advisor at Western Computer
Cirencester, UK
2019

Greet customers and ascertain what each customer requires. Describe and explain a product's function, operation and maintenance to customers. Recommend, select and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs. Setup repair tickets with IT Technician for customer using custom IT system. Operating till for sales, offers, and refunds.

Technical Specialist at Apple
Bath, UK
2016

Worked on the shop floor behind the Genius Bar. Applied technical understanding to complex problem solving and challenges whilst maintaining patience and focus under pressure. Tested faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions using test equipment or software.

Bachelor’s Degree: Creative Music Technology
Bath Spa University
2016 - 2019

Graduated with a 1st (1:1) in Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University in 2019. I learned how to: use various music production softwares; collaborate as part of different teams whilst under pressure; commit large workloads to challenging deadlines; follow through on long term goals.

My Skills

Recent Portfolio

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Gazetteer

Portfolio project that builds on the Leaflet.js map library to provide functional and informative data about countries around the world. Data retrieved using RESTful apis via AJAX function calls. Marks user location and provides data in real time.

Tech stack: PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery, Leaflet.js

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Company Directory

Portfolio project that uses MySQL and PHP on the back-end to modify the database, integrated with JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX to communicate with the front-end, which uses HTML5 and CSS, and Bootstrap to create the visual layout of the system.

Tech stack: MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery

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Sunset Clock

Portfolio project that uses vanilla JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS to create a basic, visually appealing clock. Provides date in real time for GMT timezone. Adjusts colour scheme to match time of day.

Tech stack: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS

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