Justine Solano

Justine Solano

Software EngineerLondon, United Kingdom
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Justine Solano

Justine Solano

Software EngineerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
My first experience with coding was through a mobile storytelling app that allowed users to create their own visual and interactive story through code. It enabled me to discover a long-lasting curiosity and passion for coding through which I could channel my creativity and show others my work. Starting the course at GA to fast track my learning helped prove that I can do something I love for a career and do it well. I’ve found that my main motivators are two things in equal balance: knowing my work is up to par with my own standards and with the standards of those who consume it. I am looking to work as a developer in an environment that allows me to create meaningful work, take risks to stimulate growth and learning, and encourages teamwork.
Projects
  • Project 4: GreenHouse
    Project 4: GreenHouseSolo project. Full-stack Django/React app using an API with CRUD functionality. Allows users to browse the database of houseplants for decor purposes. Also has a social-media function where users can post their own pictures of, like and comment on plants.
  • Project 3: Jetflix
    Project 3: Jetflix4-person project. Full-stack MongoDB/React app using an API with CRUD functionality. Netflix-inspired travel destination app. Allows users to browse for different travel destinations around the world & add them to 'My List' just like in Netflix. Also has an Instagram-inspired component where users have a profile page, can add pictures of their travels and like/comment on each other's posts. I focused on making the Navbar and Explore Page components.
  • Project 2: LotR Quiz
    Project 2: LotR Quiz2-person hackathon. Front-end React app using an external API. Users can play two 20-question LotR quizzes: "Guess who said this quote" & "Guess which movie this quote is from". Scores are tracked and players get a different reaction gif at the end depending on their score.
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Work history
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    StudentGeneral Assembly
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    12-week immersive course that helped progress my skills and knowledge of programming fundamentals. Focused on front end web development and also learnt backend programming using MongoDB, Express, Python & Django. Involved daily stand-ups, daily homework and feedback, workshops, independent, pair and group coding, hackathons.
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    Ward HostessSpire Healthcare
    London, United KingdomPart Time
Education
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    Software EngineeringGeneral Assembly
     - London, United Kingdom
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    Philosophy BAThe University of Liverpool
     - Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Modules covering topics such as ethics, politics, language, logic, conflict, video games, justice, existence, consciousness, religion, metaphysics etc. This degree helped build my problem-solving, analytical, communication and public-speaking skills. My favourite modules were Chinese & Indian Philosophy, and Philosophy of Play & the Virtual where I had a chance to make a short analytical video focused on the gamification and generation of empathy in the RPG Witcher 3. For my final year, I wrote a 10,000-word dissertation titled "Are religion and human rights compatible?"