Hello new friend!
Iām Nick.
I grew up in the California Bay Area and now live in New York. I like š s, solving problems, more š¶ s also š¢ s.
Projects
Explore JS
JavaScript and Css collaborative mentorship.
google-translate-client
NPM package for google translate
useReactNYC
Website 2.0 for NY's newest and most exciting React Meetup
Sustain Investing
A community-driven investment fund
Tommy's Cartoons
View 500 days of Tommy's cartoons
Flash Fauna
FaunaDB + React flashcards app
wallplay network
A marketplace for pop-up experiences
Industrial & Commerical Operations Network
The definitive tool for energy professionals
Foden Dev Blog
Blogging up in here
Tools
- React,
- Redux,
- Node,
- Express,
- CSS Modules,
- Typescript,
- MongoDB,
- Firebase,
- Storybook,
- Jest Testing,
- Cypress Testing,
- React Testing Library,
- CircleCi,
- Styled Components,
- Sendgrid & Mailchimp APIs,
- SanityIo,
- MixPanel & GA Analytics,
About
Born and raised in Mountain View, CA (Before google took over the town), I went to html summer camps at Stanford as a kid and I have always been messing around on computers. I attended college in San Francisco, and was tweaking websites for friends and landing pages for different social networks. After college I moved to NYC to be closer to family.
I soon found a job with a design firm and absorbed more and more of their IT and accounting workload, enabling the firm to let go of IT contracts and consolidate the firm's backend needs.
In 2015, I was getting tired of consuming so many faulty websites and apps and kept seeing the limitations of the app or places where I wanted to tweak the app. Some times a small part of the design or other times want to add more robust features or want to even totally redo the app entirely. I wanted to really start creating and contributing, so I started to take MOOC's and follow various tutorials working mainly with Python and Ruby, building various projects, a sandwich tracker and some other small projects, but the magic was hidden behind gems and I wanted to really get into the nitty gritty, so end of 2016 decided to take a bigger step, kick this thing into gear for real.
I enrolled and worked through a javascript bootcamp program where I was paired with a senior developer(10+years experience) as a mentor to work on the MERN stack. After completing the curriculum I have built a half dozen SPA platforms that are currently in production. And joined some like minded folks as a technical cofounder of a sustainabilty focused investing app which we took through Startup School at Y Combinator.
When I'm not javascripting away or expanding my knowledge of Golang, you can find me rescuing animals with Unwanted NYC Pets, and cycling or running around NYC. To be honest I don't particularly enjoy writing own bios much. If you got this far I'll take you out for Banh Mi or a beer or who knows, heck I'll even help you move apartments if you need it. Hit me up !
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