My name is Lathe and I'm accused of being a software developer. I graduated from a coding bootcamp in 2021 called Base Camp Coding Academy and it's been quite the journey ever since. I've had the pleasure of working across the spectrum of projects from COBOL to React, and this is a short portfolio I put together to summarize my career up to today.
Per their website:
Base Camp Coding Academy (BCCA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the intention to create a pipeline for under-advantaged individuals in Mississippi to access careers in software development by offering an immersive, hands-on, and fast-paced program designed to transform passionate individuals into job-ready software engineers.
Base Camp is not only consistent of the career technical path of the Coding Technology degree from Northwest Mississippi Community College, but has a myriad of sponsors such as Renasant Bank, Core Logic (now Cotality), and CSpire. You can see their whole list of sponsors here
Below are the highlights with links to some of the stuff I've worked on. I'm working on making them publicly usable so some may just be a link to Github.
Enjoy!
Initially I started my journey with Python, and my first unit project was with a developer named Matthew who was a much more experienced programmer. This taught me a lot how being surrounded by talent can bring out the talent in others.
However, the next project was with someone much more my speed. Although it was humbling, I learned more and more of the fundamentals of Python and programming.
During the spring of 2020, I was able to test my newly aquired Django skills to make a small project for my internship at Renasant Bank called CourseTrack. This would be my first time being involved in a teams meeting, creating a platform from top to bottom, and seeing how a team within an organization works.
During my time at BCCA, I grew an interest in legacy systems because I noticed that there wasn't a huge focus in the industry for this codebase that runs some of the most critical systems in the US. After graduating from Base Camp, the investment of learning COBOL + the AS400 paid off, and for 2 years I would work on a lean team resolving session issues, writing new account ledger programs in RPG IV, and making solid waste management programs in COBOL for North Mississippi's largest development district, Three Rivers.
I eventually decided I wanted to go back to web development and build on to the skills I gained in school. To my suprise, a very cool cyber security company needed a Full Stack dev. My current employer, Circadence, has taught me so much about Typescript, React, Python, and best practices within the web development space and the cyber security space.
