Hi there! My name is Ely Herrera, and just this year I decided to make a career change into Software Development. My recent accomplishment was graduating from Thinkful's Engineering Immersion Bootcamp program.
Before making this decision, I became a Certified Personal Trainer and I come from a background in customer service and human resources.
Growing up in El Paso, Texas I always loved the state but moved to Phoenix, Arizona for college. However, I have found my way back to Texas when I moved to Dallas earlier this year.
My journey up to this point in my life has not gone the way I initially expected. My original plan for life after high school went a little like this:
As I mentioned earlier, it did not turn out how I had planned. Unfortunately, I ended up dropping out of college and it all resulted from not having a plan and consistently asking myself what I wanted to do for a career. Through my experience and just stumbling my way through life, I finally had an honest conversation with myself about what I wanted to do.
After taking some time and doing research, I found myself interested in the tech space, particularly in Software Engineering. I found that Bootcamps were becoming a viable option to enter the field and here I am now creating my portofolio webpage and completed the Thinkful Program learning Full-Stack development!
Many reasons piqued my interest in the field but the main ones are the following:
One of my interests outside of Software Development is fitness. Reason I became a Certified Personal Trainer towards the end of 2020 was to explore building a career in that field. Fitness has always been a constant in my life and I always loved sharing knowledge and helping others live healthier lives in any way, whether it be through nutrition or their movement.
Periodic Tables is a startup that is creating a reservation system for fine dining restaurants. The software is used only by restaurant personnel when a customer calls to request a reservation. At this point, the customers will not access the system online.
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GitHub RepoMy task here was to set up the database and building out specific routes so that users can gain access to data about movies, theaters, and reviews. The focus was to both build complex servers and access data through a database.
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GitHub RepoA flash card application, Flashcard-o-matic, to help their students study online. Teachers can also use this application to create decks of flash cards for the subjects that they teach, and students can study the decks.
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