About Me

Geologist | Software Developer | Technical Writer

Esther Wavinya is a Software Engineer who is passionate about programming, technical writing and building developer communities

Skills

office365 google workspace HTML 5 CSS JavaScript TypeScript Angular Ruby on Rails Nodejs Mongodb MySQL

Education

BSc. Geological & Earth Sciences University of Nairobi, Kenya Nov 2017 - Sept 2021

Graduated with Second Class Honors Upper Division.

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, K.C.S.E. St Teresa Mbooni Girls High School Jan 2013 - Dec 2016 >

Experience

Technical Writer UgTechMag April 2022 - February 2023 Technical Writing · WordPress · Writing · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Research · Google Docs · Google Analytics

- UgTechMag is a technology consumer website in Uganda with a focus on providing reliable, resourceful and extensive information about technology products and services.
- Wrote how-to guides articles for Kenyan market consumption. Ensured Search Engine Optimization for the articles. Received an average of 200 reads daily increasing the magazine’s subscribers and revenue by 10%.

Software Engineer Sibasi ltd August 2021 - February 2022 HTML5 · Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) · Microsoft SQL Server · SQL · Microsoft Power BI · SharePoint Designer · Office 365 · JavaScript

- Sibasi is a Gold Microsoft partner company that provides ICT services and solutions. Worked under senior Software Engineers and Data Engineers while:
- Developed fullstack web, mobile, and desktop applications using JavaScript, Angular, Flutter, and Azure for different clients.
- Cleaned & analysed data using SQL for internal use. Analysed and visualized data using PowerBI for various clients’ power platforms and reports’ dashboards thus increasing the number of clients by 30%

Geologist attachee Ministry of Petroleum and Mining April 2019 - August 2019 GIS .Hydrogeology .Mining exploration

- Initial Sample preparation process of coding, drying, crushing and weighing.
- Petrographic specimen preparation for microscopic analysis.
- Qualitative analysis of solid samples using XRF.
- Use of Magnetic Separator for selective concentration of magnetic materials.
- Preparation of dimension stones and slabs from natural rocks.

Projects

ToDo App

A to do application where one can post their to do list, edit them, delete them and also add others.

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Weather App

Weather application uses openweather API, tracks your location, one can also type their location or search any location to see the weather conditions at the time of using it.

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GitHub Finder

A GitHub application that uses GitHub API to find the GitHub users, their profiles including number of repositories and followers one has, if they can be hired or not and a chance to visit their profiles in GitHub.

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Writing

Problem Solving using Python

Popular problem solving approaches in Data Structures and Algorithms.

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R - Object Oriented programming

In R programming, OOP provide classes and objects as its key tools to reduce and manage the complexity of the program. R is a functional language that uses concepts of OOP.

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Don't Repeat Yourself in Ruby

This concept allows for what programmers refer to as the DRY approach to programming: Don’t Repeat Yourself. Recycling sections of code instead of repeating them throughout your programs can make your program more readable and manageable.

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