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amalyam/README.md

Hello! Welcome to my profile ☀️

About Me:

  • Software engineer who pivoted from freelance education and non-profit work.
  • Ambitious, hardworking, voracious learner, eager to grow.
  • As an artist (sculpture, installation, stained glass, performance), I bring a keen eye for design to my work.
  • I worked in China for 3+ years (fun fact: I once organized a learning conference at the Great Wall)

Get a full picture of my work history here:

LinkedIn

Or learn more about my transition into tech on my personal site here



amalyam


Skilled In:

React TypeScript JavaScript Next.js Express.js SQLite Sequelize HTML CSS Python Material UI Vercel Node.js Firebase



For the best example of my skills with this tech stack, check out www.homeshinesolutions.com (repo here)


Learning:

Docker Redux Google Cloud

Familiar:

Mocha.js Chai.js

On the Horizon:

Postgres Flask Django

Tools, Technologies, and Testing:

Git GitHub Postman Visual Studio Code eslint Prettier

Methodologies:

Pair Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Test-Driven Development

Other Skills:

Mandarin Chinese   Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Premiere Pro Mailchimp

Open to learning any new language, framework, or other skills!


Education

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Visual Arts, and Chinese Language and Culture, Princeton University (2016) Magna Cum Laude

App Academy Open (2024)

  • Self-paced, immersive, full-stack software development bootcamp

freeCodeCamp (2022)

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  1. homeshine-solutions homeshine-solutions Public

    Website for Homeshine Solutions, LLC. Built with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and MUI; deployed with Vercel; makes use of Google Cloud API, SparkPost API, and Swiper image carousel.

    TypeScript

  2. aisle-be-there aisle-be-there Public

    Forked from the-collab-lab/tcl-69-smart-shopping-list

    A client-side smart shopping app built with React, JS, HTML/CSS, and Firebase for authentication and storage. Uses an algorithm to sort items by how frequently the user needs them.

    JavaScript

  3. youtube-clone youtube-clone Public

    A video viewer based on youtube built with Firebase; Docker; TypeScript; Google Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, and Run; Next.js; Express.js; Tailwind CSS; and FFmpeg.

    TypeScript

  4. bejeweled-starter bejeweled-starter Public

    Forked from appacademy-starters/bejeweled-starter

    CLI version of the classic bejeweled game

    TypeScript 1

  5. contacts-app contacts-app Public

    App for storing contacts, built with React, TypeScript, Python, Flask, and Tailwind CSS

    TypeScript

  6. ec2-deployment-terraform ec2-deployment-terraform Public

    Automated AWS EC2 deployment with Terraform

    HCL