Wesley Wong
550 Pacific St., Vancouver | 778-999-4274 | wes.wong@outlook.com
While trying to escape a stock boy job at Kin's market I learned to code a python asteroids game. It was very simple: you control a ship and can fire missiles, but don't touch the asteroids, or you will explode, showing a Game Over. At least it should, except the ship kept on exploding, infinitely. I spent hours on this silly little project, and in doing so realized how much fun it is to code.
I went to the Lighthouse Labs, where I met like-minded people and learned the basics, then, from my cohort of ~20 job-seekers, was offered an opportunity to return as an intern. This helped me sharpen my basics. At Machool, I switched from Ruby/React to NodeJS+Express/Angular. Here we used the agile development, and where I began to specialize in building efficient, intuitive (and beautiful) applications.
Skills
Languages
Javascript/Typescript, CSS3, HTML, Ruby, Java/Scala
Front-end
Angular, SCSS/Bootstrap, React/Redux, jQuery
Back-end
Node/Express, Rails/ActiveRecord, GraphQL
Databases
MongoDB, Postgres, Neo4J, MySQL
Experience
Machool Technologies Ltd.
Software Developer • Dec, 2017 — Sept. 2019
Notable work and accomplishments:
- Designing, implementing and testing REST endpoints for DHL, Canada Post, Shopify, WooCommerce integration
- Reducing web page load time of application to 1/5, using lazy-loading, modularization, and AOT compilation
- Reducing application build time and deployment to 1/6 by optimizing Webpack, Angular CLI, google app engine
- Introducing and implementing unit tests covering 70% and e2e testing using Karma/Jasmine and Page Objects
- Updating app forms to use Angular Reactive forms over Template-Driven forms to handle complicated form validation
- Updating app to be mobile responsive through SCSS and added cross-browser compatibility including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari
- Working within an agile team to collaborate with the designer/PM, implementing, testing and releasing features using Jenkins
Lighthouse Labs
Junior Web Developer • May, 2017 — Oct, 2017
- Using Ruby on Rails to build a REST backend that queries student data, such as completion rate per student per cohort, and visualize it using a React Frontend
- Providing mentorship and review of the prep course for new students enrolled in the web development boot camp
- Conducting one-on-one technical interview with applicants for the admissions team
- Use Dokku to deploy instances of Compass
Education
Web Development Bootcamp
Lighthouse Labs • 2017
McGill University
pursued BSc. in Nursing • 2011 — 2016
Projects
Florence
This is a two-week project building an app from ideation to deployment. Florence is a workflow app for nurses built with the goal of reducing patient uncertainty and improving nurse efficiency.
Stack Requirements: React, Babel, Bulma, Express, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Webpack, Websockets
Chatty
A five day project that will allow users to communicate with each other in real-time using web sockets.
Stack Requirements: React, Babel, Express, Node, Sass, Webpack
Volunteering
Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) @ VGH
Volunteer • Summer 2014 — 2016
Instructed and supervised patients on proper use of adapted fitness equipment
International Volunteer with Free The Children
Volunteer • Spring 2011
Fundriasing, raising awareness, and travelling to Sikirar, Kenya to help build a school
Social Links
- Github: https://github.com/wesley-wong
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-wong-3202a0138/