GreatSchools helps 5 million users each month find the right schools for their children

► Full stack development of frontend and backend features in Rails

► Worked on new a CMS for editorial content in PHP/Wordpress

► Front end modular styling in a Bootstrap framework

► TDD with Rspec, Teaspoon, and Moca

► SCRUM agile development and pair programing

► Active member of the Salad Club

An intense nine week immersion program where I focused on building the confidence and tools to tackle any new technology needed to deliver a product.

► 1000+ hours of code challenges, pair coding, team projects and engineering empathy

► Built projects in groups in Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Sinatra, AJAX, SQL, HTML5/CSS3, JQuery Active Record, OAuth and Heroku Deployment

► Used Git and Github to create a strong workflow across team projects

► Implemented Test-Driven Development using Rspec, Capybara, and Rack testing

► Developed applications using strong OO principles and MVC design patterns

As team lead for the final project I learned invaluable experience on how to get the most out of different personalities and that the success of a project is not based just on the talent in the room, but on how the team comes together.