Since 2014, I've had an interest in programming and making things. This portfolio serves as a place for me to collate and show off some of the work that I've done and experiences I've had.

At the moment, I've returned back to Uni to finish my degree after achieving a point in my career that I am happy with. With the experience I've gained, and after finishing my studies, my plan is to work in the cybersecurity field.

While this isn't an exhaustive list of all my skills, it is a brief list of skills and interests I wished to highlight.

As of 2023, I have returned to studying a Bachelor of Information Technology at Griffith University using the experiences I gained from both QUT and work environments. Having previously studied Computer Science at QUT from 2019-2021, I gained critical knowledge on how computers worked at a low-level, and other concepts such as networking. Following the COVID pandemic, I decided to take a break from studying to pursue getting hands-on experience in work environments.

From my previous work experience, I found that employers look more for relevant skills and industry knowledge over the type of degree or the majors and minors you study. The mentorship I gained from those jobs was what influenced me to change my degree over from Computer Science, and opt for the no major or minor route.

As time has progressed, my goals and ambitions have also adapted. Initially, I wanted to be a systems administrator. But upon reaching that goal, I shifted my gaze to another long-held interest: cybersecurity. Given that the industry is ever-changing, I felt it appropriate to not hem myself in to a single major or minor, and to focus on the bigger picture the IT industry presents.

Griffith University has also been helpful in engaging me with industry panels and experiences. In early 2024, one of my units had a panel with some industry experts who discussed what they thought the future of the IT industry would look like. Between talks of AI, and other new technologies, I came away from that panel feeling better about the path I had taken. All the experts agreed that the IT industry is a constantly changing field, and that standing still is the worst mistake you can make as a newcomer.

Another extracurricular activity I undertook was the 2023 'James-Jam'. In this activity, groups were formed and given two weeks to construct a working game in p5play.js. The theme was a game remniscient of Homeworld (1999). While this wasn't a competition, our group did an amazing job at constructing a fully working game. You can play the game at this link here. And if you want to view the source code, it can be found on my GitHub.

Outside of work experience and university, I also aim to learn new projects in my own time. For example, the website you are reading this on was built by hand, by me. You can find the source code for this project, and others at my personal GitLab instance here or my GitHub here.

Moreover, I also have my own homelab setup. Utilising Proxmox, I use Proxmox to run virtual machines and containers for various services that I use for myself and my friends. For a list of services that I am running, you can visit my AWS-hosted status page here.

The homelab is a constantly evolving project that has enabled me to self-teach myself aspects of linux administration in a safer environment. In the future, I may have a blog with some of the more interesting projects I've worked on.

Thanks for checking out my site, if you want to get in contact with me, you can find me on GitHub, or send an email to [email protected].