Fullstack Web Development student at Makers Academy with a background in linguistics and a Master's Degree in Conference Interpreting.
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Especially interested in Natural Language Processing and anything that would allow me to merge my two passions: coding and languages.
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My ideal first developer -experience would involve being part of a team where all knowledge is shared, I get to work across the stack and take ownership, live and share my code. I am passionate about building meaningful software that makes users' lives easier.
I have always strived to find a career path that would force me to learn on a daily basis and never get repetitive. I deemed the task impossible until I discovered Software Development. That very moment I started to teach myself how to code and immediately knew I wanted to be a part of that world.
My tasks at Careerjet, a specialized search engine, included web scraping of HTML, text extraction and processing with the use of Regular Expressions and scripting languages like Perl, as well as handling XML and CSS feeds.
My linguistics background enabled me to take an academic approach to learning software development as a first step, pairing it with the practical analysis and self critique typical in Conference Interpreting and the attention to detail required in legal and scientific translation.
My proudest achievements include:
- Deciding to learn the basics of Node.js, Express and MongoDB to build a basic app that lets the user post and interact with the database (in 3 days!)
- Interpreting for the Spanish booth at the European Parliament during the Model European Union event
- Conquering 3 of the highest peaks at the North Pole and managing to finish the Arctic Challenge!
| Project | Description | Technologies |
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| Flipper | A Flickr -inspired app for users to post photos and comment on them (To be finished). | Ruby, Rails, RSpec, Devise, HTML/CSS |
| Platypus | A fully functional testing framework built in vanilla JavaScript and inspired by Jasmine | Javascript (and only Javascript! Well, and some HTML and CSS to make the tests look flashy) |
| Takeaway App | My first project at Makers. I have come far! | Ruby, RSpec |
Highly selective, full-time, three months long programming bootcamp which teaches, among others, following technologies and methodologies:
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
- Agile/XP
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript
- RSpec, Jasmine
- Master's Degree in Conference Interpreting
- AAB language combination, omnidirectional
- Final thesis: The impact of a native or non-native speakers' accent on the listeners' perception of quality
Careerjet LTD (Sept 2016 - January 2018)
Country Manager Germanic Markets
Freelance Translator and Interpreter (Sept 2015 to Sept 2016)
Interpreting at courtrooms, hearings and trials
Legal and scientific translations, as well as subtitling
## Interests
- Hiking and mountain climbing
- Music writing and production - my dream is to some day have my own little home-studio
- Martial arts