me

I'm not much of a talker, but let me rant about myself for a bit. You can skip ahead to: my passions, overview about my education or my work.

My full curriculum vitae can be viewed here and downloaded through the link: download CV.pdf.

superpowers ⚡

I'm an aspiring full-stack front-end developer. I'm interested in all kinds of visual communication, but my major focus is on designing web interfaces. I love (and preach) all things Node.js, semantic HTML, the power of CSS & progressive enhancement. Lately I've really enjoyed tinkering with:

• Vue.js ♥
• Webpack
• Metalsmith
• Anything ES6

I work great with designers (challenging the flow and their thought process), other devs 🤓 or less-techy folk (pretty sure that's the technical term for it).

I've also dabbled in other fields (and hope to perfect them in the future), like:

• automation & shell scripting
• web performance
• CD & CI
• agile thinking
• accessibility
• security
• UNIX-based systems
• dockerisation/Kubernetes
• UX & user flow
• interaction design
• Googling for solutions (near master level 💯)

education

Being a self-claimed autodidact, I consider myself a proud drop out. Instead of going the standard university route (BSc, MSc, internships, etc.), I pivoted and spent my time tinkering on small private projects, reading books & articles and listening to podcasts.

My biggest educational growth though were the first few months at my first job and I believe my hunger for knowledge has sky-rocketed ever since. I also love meetups and conferences (...it's the free swag).

Since some do care about the official part of this, here's a rundown:

• CS at Tallinn University of Technology
  • quit June 2015
  • I in no way mean to bad-mouth, but the (at the time) outdated curriculum and narrow-minded teachers left me wanting more. I've listed the relevant completed courses under my LinkedIn profile.
• Hardcore developer training at PluralSight
  • attended May 2015
  • A thorough overview of a web developer's stack before PluralSight expanded their training courses.
• Certificate in Full Stack Development at Free Code Camp
  • Spring 2015
• Exact Science Field at Old Town Educational College (Secondary education)
  • Graduated June 2012

Favourite learning resources:

• Podcasts
  • Shop Talk Show
  • Developer tea
  • Javascript Jabber
  • The Web Ahead
  • Front End Happy Hour
  • CodePen Radio
  • Friends Talk Frontend
• News/article feeds
  • CSS-Tricks
  • Front-End Front
  • Ron Valstar
  • Tutorialzine (Mostly their monthly JS lib rundown)
  • Hugo Giraudel
  • David Walsh
  • CSS Wizardry
  • Sara Soueidan
  • Code Kraft
  • A List Apart
  • Jag Talon
  • Too many Smashing Magazine and Medium articles

labor

I like fiddling small components and scripts on codepen, jsfiddle, gist and on my Arduino. I started out creating websites for neighbours and small companies, which really sparked a passion. Here's what I've been up to since:

• FE developer at Bigbank
  • July 2015–current
  • I started out supporting an in-house Wordpress theme, helping marketers create pages with a page builder. Worked with the design team to unify the corporate visuals across multiple countries and platforms (also implemented a pattern library). I then shifted bit more towards Node's full-stack world and worked with microservices and the Wordpress REST API to render its contents as a separate Vue application. I've learned heaps about virtualisation, dockerisation, CI & CD, security, authentication, and too much about front-end itself to even list.
• Programming teacher at Saue High school
  • Autumn 2015–Spring 2016
  • My job was to give my students a basic understanding of the principles of programming, whilst keeping it a fun learning experience. I teach Python mostly through games and active user input, so their first experience with programming wouldn't be stale.
• Freelancing
  • Started 2014
  • Programming has long been an interest of mine. Having also a soft spot for the artsy side in me—front-end development seemed like an excellent field to start gaining some experience.

In my free time I enjoy working on my motorcycle, disc golfing, practising muay thai & BJJ... and starring GitHub repos ⭐.