Will Sexton
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SKILLS React, Redux, Ruby, Rails, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL, Webpack SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Untitled Meat Project (Rails, ReactJS, Redux, Postgres, Webpack) live github Responsive single-page e-commerce app inspired by the direct-to-consumer grocery store CrowdCow
● Connected postgres database through a rails api selectively employing polymorphic relations to craft an intuitive flow of data between the user’s cart and their orders, and to streamline the process of adding new features to the app.
● Implemented a unidirectional Redux dataflow to preserve authenticated user data across refreshes and logins, as well as allowing for a streamlined and inviting e-commerce experience
● Incorporated React to build a single page app, built around mobile-first design principles, bypassing the bottleneck associated with navigation between backend routes
● Applied AWS S3 and Rails ActiveStorage to associate externally hosted images and audio files with relational tables and allow for additional user created content
Harmony Music (ReactJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, Express, Webpack) live github Multiplayer social music-creation platform
● Led team of 3 engineers on front-end design and styling resulting in a polished, robust and engaging UI/UX
● Created an adaptable animated musical grid, using Test-Driven-Development to ensure an internal state that would be seamlessly preserved and accessed for a variety of purposes.
● Unit tested UI/UX of visual components, and ensured compatibility of data flow of front end components with Socket.io and MongoDB document structure for a seamless integration. Mathslevania (Javascript, HTML Canvas, Webpack) live github Single-player arcade-inspired math education game
● Applied Vanilla Javascript with HTML5 canvas to create an interactive animated experience
● Gamified basic algebra and definitional trivia, using tailored sprites and animated environments to envelop the core educational aspect, creating a more extensive user experience.
● Developed an interactive system of tutorials and menus through DOM manipulations to streamline the user experience and allow for easy exploration of the entire gamut of content offered EXPERIENCE
Math Tutor
Self Employed Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Atherton Mar 2013 - May 2015, Feb 2016
-present
● Tutored 80hr+ weeks working with high school students in various levels of math, establishing a strong reputation in the Menlo Park community through development of time-management and outreach skills.
● Communicated sensitive issues between students and parents, advocating to ensure ideal learning environment
● Managed self-promotion: marketing, budgeting, and community networking Private Tutor (Calculus, Statistics, Sciences, English) AJ Tutoring, (Palo Alto, CA) Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
● Instructed behavioral or learning challenged students, achieving significant progress based on teacher feedback
● Mastered business software tools (Contact Resource Management, Timesheets, Googledocs spreadsheets) EDUCATION
Web Development -App Academy, San Francisco, CA Spring 2020 An immersive 1000-hour full-stack software development bootcamp Mathematics - Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 2013-2015