I'm passionate about creating! From photography to writing code -- the act of creation drives me and keeps me excited about what I do. I love the entire creative process, starting with the initial concept through refining until you have something that is pleasing and engaging for the consumer. In both photography and engineering, the main consideration is of the audience. Who is this photograph for? What message or emotion needs to be conveyed? Who will be using this program? How can the user experience be as intuitive as possible? With every other aspect of the process being driven by the answer to this crucial question. Having the smoothest experience possible is at the forefront of my mind whenever I'm coding.I want my code to consider all of the possibilities, to account for everything a user might do or any bad data that may be thrown at it, then to code defensively to account for that. Once I've thought through the core program, I love the debugging process. I love following the flow of the code to identify what went wrong until it runs smoothly. I'm also passionate about troubleshooting and identifying ways to improve a process. And I love when I get to write code to solve a problem.I've been working with computers and thinking through logic problems since I was a kid, but I only recently (about 2019) decided to pursue a career in technology. I decided to go back to school, and enrolled in a software development program at Champlain College. While I did not complete my degree, I learned core programming skills that gave me the opportunity to join a software company (Vermont Systems) in a support role. Over time I took the initiative to learn the codebase and the primary language our software is built on, Progress OE, and was asked to join the Operations Engineering team, tasked with writing one off programs for customers to manipulate data after user error or to resolve issues related to bugs. I've also spent a lot of time reviewing code and reporting bugs to the developers, with my code suggestions. My goal is to join a development team that inspires me to always improve and develop the best code that I can, working with software that I can be proud of, in both how it helps people and how well it's designed.
