I pivoted from qualitative research to tech because I always found myself one step away from actually solving the problem at hand with the former. Learning to code changed that, it let me go from diagnosing a problem to owning the entire path to solving it: understanding the user, deciding what to build, and shipping it myself. Ruby on Rails, became my framework of choice along the way, and made me fall in love with the process. It's been three years since, and I haven't looked back once.
To view all my work, I recommend checking out my LinkedIn profile, or downloading my resume.
Here are two products I've built that I like to showcase.
Altmo
Visit AltmoAltmo helps active commuters track their activities to work and derive meaningful insights from them. As the company's only founding employee, I owned the product end to end: shaping the roadmap, bringing it to market, and pivoting the business toward a stable revenue model. I also built the company's first native activity tracker (using React Native) on Android and iOS from scratch. What I'm most proud of is doing all of this, product strategy and hands-on execution, as one person.
Rentcupid
Visit RentcupidRentcupid is a web-based chat application that helps you find a like-minded flatmate quickly. I faced this issue when I first moved cities and wasn't impressed by the incumbents, so I built it myself, end to end, from identifying the problem to shipping a working product. I got real users to sign up, and I still use this project as a sandbox to try different product ideas and coding patterns, and keep up to date with everything Rails.