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About me 🐍

Hi, my name is Katherine. I'm a self taught developer based in Swansea; I've been working as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at the DVLA since June 2024. I love making things and quality engineering. I currently specialise in Ruby, developing functional tests, and continuous integration. My background has been in Python and Flask/SQL with a bit of JavaScript and React. I'm super curious and always learning and working to improve my programming expertise.

Skills and interests 🐛

  • Functional testing
  • Ruby
  • Python and Flask
  • Kivy and app development
  • Full stack and backend development
  • Tooling and build pipelines
  • SQL and databases
  • Unit/integration testing

Learning/improving 📚

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Java
  • C and programming fundamentals
  • Design patterns
  • Algorithms and data structures
  • Django, Springboot and other backend frameworks
  • TypeScript
  • Other types of testing

Career change story 🏰

At university I did a BEng and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering. I worked for nearly 9 years as a postdoctoral researcher, focussing on the scale up of renewable technologies such as solar cells. In March 2023 I decided I wanted a change, something still analytical and logical but whilst being able to explore my creative side more and still make cool things. I started learning Python and quickly discovered how much I enjoyed coding; I wanted to explore this world more deeply and find out what was right for me. I did several courses on Python, SQL, and a few other topics, through LinkedIn Learning, Swansea MAD, and Code First Girls. I applied for the Autumn 2023 cohort of Code First Girl's CFG degree and I was lucky enough to be accepted. This ran from September to December 2023 and was an amazing opportunity, it greatly accelerated my learning and gave me a taster of what working as a developer entails. I worked very hard to continue with my learning; improving projects, working on new ones, and embracing testing, while applying to jobs. Eventually this paid off and I started my new career as a developer specialising in test, the best of both worlds.

Projects 🚀

  • Working on a Kickboxing moves app (Kivy GUI/Python/Sqlite) which is cross platform and then hoping to deploy to android
  • Backend developer for IntroVerse (React.js/Python/MySQL), a safe haven for introverts who love reading, anime, and games

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  1. Angel2001-programmer/Introverse Angel2001-programmer/Introverse Public

    Python 2

  2. kbmovesapp kbmovesapp Public

    Kickboxing moves app

    Python