Denise Yu .com

I am a full-stack web developer and designer who likes building applications with intuitive user stories, encapsulated code, and comprehensive testing. From September 15, 2014 to December 5, 2014, I completed a 12-week web development course at Makers Academy. I am currently seeking a junior developer role in London, New York, San Francisco, Boulder, or Denver.

My non-coding interests include policy design, behavioral sciences, parliamentary debating, and contemplating the economics of the zombie apocalypse. My academic background is social policy, philosophy, and economics. In my spare time, I like to take photographs, play the piano, and create spontaneous art projects.

Software Development Work Experience

[Third Space Learning] (https://thirdspacelearning.com)

Full-stack Junior Ruby-on-Rails Development Intern

I work on building features, maintaining, refactoring, and testing the main application, written in Ruby-on-Rails.

Key responsibilities:

• Working closely with Product Manager and customer teams to define and deliver user stories
• Reviewing code each time a merge request is submitted to development branch
• Architecting and implementing features across the stack
• Participating in sprint planning to scope, define, and create time estimates for tasks
• Writing model, controller, and features tests to retroactively cover legacy code
• Helping to research new technologies and frameworks for upcoming feature builds

Key skills:

• Agile work processes, including use of user stories, kan-ban, code review
• Front-end development: Vanilla JS, jQuery, AJAX, HTML5, SCSS/CSS, responsive design, mockups in Gimp
• Back-end development: MySQL, Rails, AWS
• Version control: Git, Gitlab, Git flow, Capistrano
• Testing: RSpec, Capybara

Selected Portfolio

Project Repo	Deployed at	Description
Pandapop	Pandapop.co	MA Final project from Team Pandapop: myself, Sandrine, Nicole, and Sean. A social karaoke platform built on the YouTube API in Rails 4 with a dash of jQuery, Angular, and HTTParty to help karaoke enthusiasts enjoy a seamless, free karaoke experience at home.
Instacat	Instacat on Heroku	Clone of Instagram, built in Rails during Week 9. A photo-sharing platform for feline aficionados.
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock	RPSLS on Heroku	Week 6 foray into Javascript and jQuery. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock against a computer. Hover over the title words for rules.
TextSupport	TBA on Wix App Store	Second-place winning entry for Wix Hackathon (Nov 7-9, 2014), along with Spike, James, and Ben. A tool to help small business owners respond instantly to customer questions from a mobile browser. Built in NodeJS with socket.io, Twilio, Mailgun, and Wix SDK for the Wix App Store.
Chitter	Chitter on Heroku	Week 4 challenge to replicate Twitter functionality with Ruby and Sinatra. Users can post to a public feed and comment on other posts.
Pair Programming Randomizer	PPR on Heroku	A side project created after Makers Academy. Small Sinatra app using jQuery and Javascript to help Makers Academy mix it up while pair-programming

Technical Skills

Methodology	Test-Driven Development (TDD) Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) Agile Methodology & Best Practices SOLID Design Principles Pair Programming Version Control with Git
Languages	Ruby Javascript
Frameworks	Sinatra Rails ExpressJS on NodeJS AngularJS
Test Frameworks	RSpec Cucumber Capybara Poltergeist Mocha Chai Jasmine Protractor Karma
Front-End Skills	HTML5 CSS3 jQuery AJAX Handlebars Heroku ERB, EJS
Design	Gimp Adobe Photoshop iMovie
Databases and ORMs	PostgresQL Datamapper ActiveRecord MongoDB

Non-Technical Skills

Public Speaking

For the last ten years, I have been actively involved in American and British-style parliamentary debate, Model United Nations, Mock Trial. I am experienced in public speaking, extemporaneous debating, speechwriting, and copywriting.

Teaching/Coaching

I have extensive experience teaching students from the ages of 10-15. I worked at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth for two years, coordinated a non-profit college preparation program with Let's Get Ready, and coached debate for The School at Columbia University as well as Clapton Girls' Academy through DebateMate UK. I also have some familiarity with curriculum design and education policy.

Management/Administration

I managed the day-to-day operations of a 3-partner law firm in Manhattan from 2012-2013 and ran the Columbia University Parliamentary Debate Society from 2010-2012. I am experienced with event planning, budget creation, logistics, and administration.

Emergency Medicine

I am a certified first-responder in the State of New York. I completed 180 hours of training with Emergency Care Programs in Bronx, NY in March 2013. I am trained in CPR and Basic Life Support.

Academic Background

The London School of Economics & Political Science, London (2013-2014)

MSc, Social Policy & Planning

Columbia University, New York, NY (2009-2012)

BA, Economics & Philosophy

Work Experience

• Debate Coach, DebateMate, London, UK (2013-2014)
• Legal Assistant, Hurwitz Stampur & Roth, New York, NY (2012-2013)
• Environmental Registry Intern, Markit, New York, NY (2011)
• Program Coordinator, Let's Get Ready, Boston, MA (2010)

Complete CV here