[About me]

My primary responsibility as a frontend web developer is building and maintaining high profile home contracting business' websites. I take the excellent work from the designers and build it from the ground up.

Going from high fidelity wireframes to fully realized websites, I've introduced new concepts, philosophies and workflows to streamline the creation processes. With a change in perspective, we're able to push for more customized and personal client websites; Keeping its footprint to a minimum, reducing user experience quarrels and improving developer experiences.

While attending University, I started playing around with the idea of building a simple app from scratch to production to understand what the process would be like. Little did I know that this would be a turning point for me.

Leaving the prospects of becoming a lawyer to becoming a developer, I started a new journey. Going to development agencies in Stellenbosch, asking them about their day to day operations, spending hours —day and night— learning, testing and implementing programming concepts.

Finally, I found the opportunity I was looking for right in my hometown, going from simple static websites to creating applications that impacted how a business handles its operations.

Seemingly unrelated to development, I was a workshop and sales assistant at a local bicycle workshop. During this time, I dealt with customers directly, worked independently, and occasionally managed the shop on my own.

In turn, I learnt the intricacies of dealing with customers, solving novel problems in real-time and methodically working on a tight schedule. Building on what I believe has pushed me to be a better developer.