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. I learnt to code to build and deploy solutions to problems I personally faced, and my framework of choice, Ruby on Rails, 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. I helped shape this product and bring it to market, while also pivoting to a stable business model. Most importantly, I helped build the company's first native activity tracker (using React Native) on Android and iOS from scratch. What I'm most proud of is that I did all of this as the company's only founding employee.
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 was not impressed by the incumbents. So I built the app as an experiment, and was able to get some real users to sign up! I use this project as a sandbox to try different styles and patterns of coding and keep up to date with everything Rails.