Ruth Earle

I am a junior full-stack web developer based in London. After completing a three month immersive Makers Academy web development course (August 2014 cohort) I feel ready to start my journey into creating great software.

My professional background is in healthcare and I have also owned and operated a franchise business, which was not too dissimilar to remote working, only with more responsibility. However, since 2010 I have been a full-time stay at home mother of two children.

Web Development

I was draw to coding because it fascinated me and I found that everytime I picked up my Mac to play around with creating a website I lost hours but felt invigorated and challenged. After many years of 'tinkering' I decided to make it happen and as though by magic I found Makers Academy.

###Makers Academy #####Full stack web developer in training (Aug 2014 - Oct 2014)

A twelve week coding boot camp that helps us prepare our coding skills backpack so we can venture into the wild.

#####Skills learned and being honed:

######Principles

• Agile values, principles and practice
• Object-oriented principles and design
• Design patterns
• Paired programming
• Test-driven development
• Behaviour-driven development
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• Testing with Factories

######Tech

• Ruby 2
• HTML5 & ERB
• CSS3
• JavaScript
• Rails 4
• Sinatra
• Grape
• NodeJS
• PostgreSQL
• DataMapper
• MongoDB
• Mongoid
• Rspec
• Jasmine
• Capybara
• Cucumber
• Factory Girl
• User authentication and authorisation with bcrypt and Devise
• Integration of APIs including Twilio, Stripe, Paperclip, and Mailgun
• Twitter Bootstrap
• GitHub Flavoured Markdown

######DevOps

• Deployment to Heroku
• Version control with git, GitHub and BitBucket

######Brief use and understanding of:

• Websockets

#####Complete Projects

Fhellow

Week ten final project at Makers Academy completed by myself and three other team members. Historically final projects were based on suggestions from students and staff. Fhellow was the first project that was pitched by a client. Built with Ruby on Rails.

RPSLS

Week five weekend challenge to make an online version of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. I built this app using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.

Take Away

Week four weekend challenge. This was a Ruby project completed after learning about SOLID principled object-orientated design, therefore I focused on single responsibility by creating many classes based on their responsibilities.

Clock API

I completed this as part of a work trial with a well established document sharing company. I built a simple API using GrapeAPI that has two end-points. I integrated Swagger Docs and used MongoDB with Mongoid for persistence. I started implementing logging but did not test-drive this feature.

File Gravity

This project consumes the Workshare API and calculates the weight of files stored on their system. This app was TDD using Sinatra with Bootstrap on the frontend. Live on Heroku.

Key Skills

####Communication

• Twice delivered presentations to 100+ guests of Morley College Alumni
• Facilitated weekly workshops of groups of up to 12 people with the goal of recognising their behaviours and creating actionable steps to change
• Used basic counselling skills with Transactional Analysis and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based activities to work on clients relationship with food
• Developed emotional intelligence through the counselling work
• Worked with vulnerable adults living in the community meant developing sound communication skills and rapid rapport building
• Know to have a calming effect on a team which has helped with imminent deadlines

####Business

• Owned and managed a franchised LighterLife weight management consultancy.
• Managed operations of the Nottingham branch including overseeing a team of 3
• Developed and executed local marketing and advertising strategies
• Produced the branch business plan along with cash flow and profit and loss forecasts

####Customer Service/Sales

• Worked in customer facing roles both face-to-face and telephone
• Main goal, besides KPIs and sales targets, was ensuring the customer was satisfied with the communication transaction
• Skilled in developing an understanding of client needs and delivering solutions
• Ensured professionalism was maintained in difficult situations

Career History

####Becoming Un LTD Weight management consultant (Jan 2007 - Dec 2010), Nottingham, UK

####Sussex Homecare Homecare assistant (Sep 2004 - Sep 2006), Brighton, UK

####NTL:Home Custer Retention Specialist (Aug 2003 - Aug 2004), Brighton, UK

####PC World Sales Advisor (Jan 1999 - Aug 2003), London, UK

####Currie Motors Car Sales Executive (Nov 1996 - Jan 1999)

Education

####Brunel University Certificate in Higher Education in Occupational Therapy (A+) (Oct 2013 - May 2014)

####Morley College Access Diploma in Health and Human Sciences (Distinction) (Sept 2012 - Jun 2013)

####LightLife UK LTD BTEC Diploma Operating a Weight Management Consultancy (Jan 2007 - Jun 2009)

####Portslade Community College GSCE English (A*) and GSCE Maths (C) (Sept 2005 - Jun 2006)

Interests

• Crafting readable code
• New technologies
• Open source
• Reading
• Meditation
• Health and fitness
• Dressmaking

Meet me

• Email: [email protected]
• Call: +44 7403 454945
• Twitter: @ruth_earle
• LinkedIn