Author: Sean Hamilton

Though programming isn’t my favorite, I have learned many professional skills and am able to code in 4 languages and could learn the basics of a language faster because of this. I started programming at FCTS (Franklin County Technical School) starting with python freshman year, we studied the APCS python course from the end of freshman into sophomore year. We completed the course but were not able to take the AP exam because of budgeting issues. We then moved onto the APCS java course learning the basics in junior year then moving on to the course book senior year and taking the test at the end of the year. I never recieved my AP exam results back because of a email error and gave up after battling the customer service for around a month and finding out that my entire class had failed the exam anyways. After a bit of internet browsing I found that the AP Java exam had one of the highest passing rates and this teacher had told us prior to starting the course that she normally has 1-2 students pass a year. I assume I didn’t pass because I didn’t put in enough work at home as i was working 2 jobs senior year and hardly had the time for my assigned homework. After high school while working at MWW(Montague WebWorks) I started an app project where I learned dart and the flutter library through Udemy. After the course I started work on a scheduling app, mosty making UI changes but also created a few basic functions as requested. Since then I have not had much programming practice but have been keeping up with flutter development and have been planning out a media app that I will start to build soon.

I started working with hardware at a younger age than most as my dad working in the carpentry trade would have tools all around the house I could use to dismantle any toys near by. When I started high school at FCTS I enrolled at an opportune time as our class had just received a grant for all new workstation computers that we were taught how to build. There building my first computer had kick started my favorite hobby to date, building and computer repair has become more of a passion I would pursue given the opportunity. Since then I have build 3 more computers including the one that I currently own and have fixed a number of phones, laptops, desktops, printers, and game consoles for friends and family over the years. I also have some professional networking skills I have gained from working at MWW(Montague WebWorks) since after corona the app project i had been went dormant and new customers for websites were few and far to come. With this lack of programming and web work I started on their in house server first replacing a bad drive and re configuring the raid array before installing windows 2016 and getting it ready for hyper-v replication as a disaster recovery server for our cloud servers that we ran all of our web CMS on. After replication was successful I installed a few virtual machines to run a productivity app called jira and a cloud storage app called ownlcoud. I am currently trying to gain experience in computer hardware and am looking into online options for expanding my knowledge. My current goal is to work for a repair shop for a few years under a professional where I can learn the real applications skills and tips from someone who has been in the trade for years.

My web development journey started in freshman year of high school at Franklin County Technical School as I joined their programming and web development program where I learned the basics of website: creation, layout, maintenance, and more. In my senior year of high school I attended BPA(business professionals of america) in a team of 3 for the website development competition where we placed 2nd and qualified for the national level competition but could not go due to lack of funding. Toward the end of that year I was offered a Coop position at Montague Webworks where I was able to work at a small web shop in greenfield while attending school and getting my high school diploma. After I graduated I was offered a part time position at Montague Webworks to continue working with the possibility of full time down the road. I am still working at Montague Webworks a year later and I have learned much more than I thought I would. I have gone through multiple online trainings for different web web related skills including: WordPress, ux/Design, flutter, and dart. With those skills I have began to take on my own clients through MWW who were looking for a shop to manage their WordPress sites.

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