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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.

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