Dev Academy Bootcamp is an immersive and intensive 35 week full-stack course, with a focus on modern website development technology and language. We focused on Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, React, Knex, SQLite3, APIs, and extensive use of Github. Much of the course was team-focused, with an emphasis on pair programming, and group problem-solving. We built fullstack applications, took on a variety of roles within the team (Github coordinator, AGILE facilitator, Vibes watcher, vertical engineer). We also built personal projects, and spent a lot of time together working in simulated work environments.

I completed my doctorate in Anthropology in 2021, after four and a half years of on-site research and international fieldwork. I submitted my thesis, entitled 'A Culture of Effort: social poetics and the transnational parkour community' and was awarded my doctorate on its acceptance. The experiences in fieldwork especially, but also in conducting a large-scale solo project, enabled me to further develop skills and areas of interest, particularly in relation to research, writing, problem-solving with a team, workshop facilitation, and project managment.

I assisted various teams in the Department of Conservation in a number of ways. I was an on-site researcher and did data entry and quality assurance, but I also joined the field teams and went into remote areas of New Zealand to assist in pest control, biodiversity monitoring, and collection of data. I spent several summers collecting survey data for the Short Walks and Day Hikes around the South Island, and the Search and Rescue survey in the Mount Cook region.