Tatiana Soukiassian
Available for work as a Junior Developer in London, UK
I love logical problem-solving and find it very rewarding to build and improve apps and sites. After 7 years working in PR for tech brands such as Eventbrite and Yelp, I decided to go through the looking glass and become a developer myself.
I have just graduated from an intensive 12 week development bootcamp at Makers Academy and I am looking forward to finding my first job as a developer. I love working as part of a team, and I want to find a company that embraces Agile methodologies and TDD, and where I can keep developing my skills while contributing to the codebase.
Web development
####Recent Projects
| Map to the Future | Bookmark Collector | Boris Bikes |
|---|---|---|
| A world map displaying the historical events that happened on a specific date. The date can be changed using a slider, and each event is represented by a marker on the map with a pop up that provides more information. Built using Ruby, Sinatra, Javascript and postgres. | A Sinatra website allowing users to store links to their favorite websites, built during week 5 at Makers Academy. Taught me to use databases (postgres with datamapper) and user sessions. | A model of the 'Boris Bikes' bike hire scheme in London, built in Ruby during week 2 and 3 at Makers Academy, my first introduction to OOD and SOLID principles. |
A more complete list of my projects is available here.
####Skills
- Primary language
- Ruby
- Other languages
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- Languages I've just played with
- Node.js
- Io
- Clojure
- Coffeescript
- Test Driven Development languages
- RSpec
- Capybara
- Cucumber
- Jasmine
- Web development frameworks
- Rails 4.0
- Sinatra
- Database management
- PostgresQL
- ActiveRecord
- DataMapper
- Object oriented design
- Basic Agile practices
- Morning standups
- Kanban boards
- Retrospectives
- Pair programming
- Version control and collaboration through GitHub
- Application deployment through Heroku
####Experience
Makers Academy Web Development Bootcamp: August—October 2014
- Highly selective 12 week full-time course
- Ruby, object-oriented programming and software design
- Full stack web development
- Pair programming and teamwork
- Final project: Map to the Future - a map of the world representing historical events through time. Built in 2 weeks with David Wickes, Lovis Schultze and Merve Silk.
My contribution:
- I researched similar projects and map tools we could use
- I set up the postgres database allowing to link events between them (using datamapper)
- I styled the pop ups in CSS
- I built a mail-merge system that allowed us to use volunteers to input large amounts of data at the last minute
- I kept the Kanban board always up-to-date
- I prepared the keynote presentation
- During our retro I suggested a widely successful morning hug ritual!
Other coding activities
- Took part in 24 Pull Requests event where I paired with core Rails contributor Andrew White and fixed a bug in Rails!
- Wix London Hackathon - our team of 5 created an app allowing website users to text message the owner of the site. I built most of the backend.
- Coderetreat - 5 iterations of writing Conway's Game of Life, with different constraints, using pair-programming and testing
- Gave three lectures at Makers Academy:
- Command line and Sublime Text shortcuts that will save your life
- Cunning Javascript tips
- Hip hip Arrays! (with David Wickes)
- Wrote Makers Academy course content about using Ruby to read files
- Codebar and Ruby Hacknight attendee
Previous Employment
####Eventbrite PR Manager France: June 2013—December 2013
I helped Eventbrite get press coverage in France, and got them to be mentionned in the French equivalents of Reuters, the Times and the Financial Times (by this I mean AFP, Le Monde, Les Echos).
####AXA Life Invest PR, Research and Digital Marketing Manager: January 2012—December 2012
I managed the company's French and UK PR agencies, and led a couple of interesting market research projects carried out by Experian and SIMALTO specialist Research For Today that allowed us to improve our distribution network. I also coordinated the company's social media efforts which saw its Facebook page rise from 40 to 1000 (relevant) followers.
####Hopscotch Système Europe Senior Consultant: December 2006—December 2011
During my time in public relations, I led international campaigns for a wide variety of companies, often having to familiarise myself with their sectors. Some tech companies I've worked for during my time there: Yelp, 9flats (competitor of Airbnb), Solocal (web solutions for SMB), BDNA (IT Asset Management Software).
Here are some transferable skills I have acquired:
- Organisational Skills: multitasking, prioritising tasks, setting deadlines
- Communication Skills: presenting and sharing ideas in a clear way
- Team player: delivering constructive feedback, offering help, being generally enthusiastic
- Attention to detail: I am a card-carrying typo destroyer
Education
- (2000-2006) Master in Marketing and Customer Relations from Audencia Nantes Management School and Lycée Vilgénis. Included a one-year internship in a movie festival organisation.
I also like...
- Game of Thrones - I organised a quiz night last June where guests where encouraged to fancy dress, and build a model of the iron throne using toothpicks, play-doh and kitchen foil. I presented the evening in costume, drafted the quiz questions, prepared large banners with the House's sigils, and promoted the event online. People were very happy!
- Crossfit - a fitness programme that aims at being complete and varied: endurance, strength, speed and more! Tough but they have a great community and spirit.
- Juicing - that lovely apple, pineapple, celeri and kale juice... nutritious and delicious!
- Excel sheets - I use them to organise my trips, handle people's feedback, organise parties... for a lot of different things. The day I spent fiddling with Google sheet formulas and forms to create a sales leads email generator was the day I realised I really needed to get serious about learning to code.
Contact me
- Mobile: 077 62 43 23 46
- Email: binaryberry@gmail.com
- GitHub