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Having always gravitated towards abstraction and problem solving, I recently graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA in Mathematics. I subsequently decided to try coding in a new setting, somewhat removed from Mathematics and Statistics (for the moment).

I have enrolled as a student at Makers Academy (a 16 week Software and Web Development bootcamp) in order to pursue my interest in coding and improve the quality of my programming practices. I felt a bootcamp would be the ideal environment in which to jump-start some skills I did not automatically develop in statistics/mathematics type programming. For example effective pairing as well as principles such as TDD, SOLID, OOP and easily readable, understandable and reusable code.

I always knew 600 lines of code to run a simulation (even a complex one) was very far from ideal, I just didn't yet know where or how to begin fixing it.

I hope to find a position combining coding with statistics, data analytics and/or mathematics.

• Principles: OOP, TDD, SOLID, MVC, DDD
• Coding: Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Node.js, Angular.js
• Testing: Rspec, Jasmine, Mocha

• BA Mathematics
• First Class Honors
• Completed a final year research project titled "Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Volatility Models".
• This project involved both theory and derivation as well as extensive simulation using R. (Awarded a First in this project)

Trinity Student Managed Fund, 2012-2015

• An entirely student managed investment fund with a portfolio of ~ €40,000
• 2012-2013 Consumer Staples Analyst, successfully pitched 2 of our best performing stocks that year
• 2013-2015 Chief Risk Officer, built a risk department from scratch including models (eg. VAR models), training and recruiting Risk Analysts etc...
• I was also responsible for Female and STEM recruitment, increasing both substantially

Trinity French Society, 2011-2013

• 2011-2012 Member of the French Debating team, traveled to France to compete and won 5/5 debates in the 2011-2012 season
• 2012-2013 Treasurer for the Society. Kept accounts, ran events etc...

• Taught all skill-levels and ages from 11-18
• Focused on Statistics, Algebra and Calculus

• Taught Junior Certificate (GSCE level) Mathematics to underprivileged children

I have always enjoyed the analytical nature of problem solving and was fascinated with mathematics from a young age.

• Gained a lot of experience in the communication of technical ideas to non-technical decision makers through my work with Trinity Student Managed Fund.
• My teaching experience taught me a vast amount about the communication of abstract ideas

• I love a challenge, and find I learn best and produce my best work when in a fast-paced environment.

• Despite having major surgery and an aggressive schedule of physiotherapy and medication during a period of over two years during my degree, I still graduated with a grade and University experience I am proud of.
• Having now recovered, I find that while it was far from ideal, I actually learned a huge amount about time management, working 'smart', prioritization and resilience during this period.

• French speaker (DELF B2 Adulte level)
• Experience with C, C++, Java and R.

• Piano: I have played piano since the age of 6 and particularly love classical pieces.
• Reading: Varied topics from science fiction to classical literature to economics.