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Projects & Features I Built to Become a Senior Engineer
Technologies, features, timelines, and how I got hired.
I’m a self taught senior software engineer. Here are the projects I built to become one. I also describe how I got my projects, maybe it helps you get a developer job. In my opinion, you just have to be kind, build things that work and show them to people. Someone will like what you do and hire you.
Please feel free to email me directly, I’d love to answer any questions :)
Project 1: Snowball Financial Education
This project got my developer career started. It’s a financial education platform that has spreadsheet-based games & tutorials. I worked with 5 high schools for an entire year iterating the platform, and it currently sells to individuals, students and schools who want a complete financial education program.
How I got it: After graduation, I got funding from an Angel investor and spent a year coding and testing the website.
Features
- Full stack application built with React + Node.js .
- Deployed to Firebase Hosting (React) and Heroku (Node.js)
- Google Sheets API integration to create dynamic finance games with spreadsheets. Works with Google auth scopes and…