THOMAS H.V. CORLEY
Curriculum Vitae
30 years
SINCE I WAS BORN
6 years
PROFESSIONAL CHEF
4 months
JUNIOR DEVELOPER
PROFILE
I’m relatively new to the field of software development; with a good basic knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (Ruby and PHP) and also some experience in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. A three week internship with a software engineering company in London gave me a foundation of PHP best practices and some great experience developing some mini applications in Silex and Symfony. Since then I have started working at FreeAgent in Edinburgh as Junior Support Engineer, working with Ruby on Rails. The work is extremely rewarding as I'm significantly developing my debugging skills. I created this online CV using Bootstrap as some evidence of my front-end skills.
The move to software engineering was a significant change in career path for me. After leaving university with a degree in Physics, I decided to follow my dream and pursue a career as a chef. In the six years since then I achieved a senior position in a Michelin Star establishment and gained a wealth of transferable skills from working in fast-paced, high pressure kitchens. I have, however, become more and more interested in development and started to learn how to code.
Due to my background in Physics I have good numerical, logical and mathematical skills; I’m picking up development skills with relative ease. I’m eager to get a foothold in this industry, learn more and improve.
SKILLS
HTML/CSS
Bootstrap
Ruby
PHP
Cooking
Photography
PROJECTS
Trello - YouTrack Integrator
COMPLETED
- An internal tool for integrating Trello (requirements gathering) and agile board.
- Automatically update an issue on a YouTrack agile board with information from a Trello card.
- Working with 2 APIs and getting them to communicate.
- Using Twig to create a friendly user interface for setting up the webhook.
DNS Failover Switch
COMPLETED
- A program to switch the IP addresses of a web app and all its sub domains from one IP to another, using a single button.
- Working with the API of Dns Made Easy.
- Learned how to do HTTP basic auth.
- Gained a good basic understanding of the HTTP protocol.
Recipe Application
IN PROGRESS
- An app to display recipes in a recipe-book format, with photographs.
- Loading the data from an SQL database using PDO
- A function to scale the quantities of ingredients up or down.
- A function to change from metric/imperial units.
Ubiquitous Language Glossary
IN PROGRESS
- An app to help developers build a Ubiquitous Language between developers and domain experts in Domain Driven Design.
- Recording words with definitions in different bounded contexts, saving them to a database
- A user interface for users to log in and add words.
- A forum to discuss changes to definitions of words.
EXPERIENCE
APRil 2017 - PRESENT
Junior Support Engineer
Edinburgh
- FreeAgent make online accounting software
- Part of the team providing engineering-level support to customers
- Excellent experience in debugging and problem solving
- Working with Ruby on Rails
JAN-FEB 2017
Internship
London
- Three weeks working with experienced PHP developers
- Helped with some features of a large accounting/ERP application.
- Built some internal tools to aid their development workflow.
EDUCATION
2009
BSc Physics, Honours Degree, 2:1
The University of Sheffield
2006
A Levels
King Edward VI School, Morpeth
CONTACT DETAILS
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