vmarsterson / git-basics-lab-london-whitehat-1908

Hello I'm Verity 👋

I work in the My Sky App team at Sky as an Android Developer in Leeds

Developer experience

• I enrolled onto a software engineering apprenticeship in 2019, learning the basics of HTML5, JS, CSS, React, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL
• Since then I have worked as both a native Kotlin develop and RN developer in the My Sky App team in Sky

Prior to becoming a developer 💼

• I worked in Brussels for political consultancy FleishmanHillard, bridging the gap between tech policy (such as MEPs) and industry (e.g. Apple and Dropbox)
• I was the President and Co-Founder of the Bordeaux Institute of International Cybersecurity Studies (BIICS)
• I worked as a Research Assistant supporting Senior Lecturer Andrea Calderaro with his studies around Cybersecurity

My qualifications 📖

• 1st Class Degree in French and Politics from Cardiff University
• BCS Software Development Methodologies
• Microsoft MTA/MCP HTML 5 with JavaScript and CSS3
• A Levels: 2 As (English and Maths) and a B (French)
• GCSEs: 8 A stars and 2 As

Fun facts about me 💡

• I am passionate about diversity and inclusion within tech
• I play the mixed gender Dutch sport called Korfball
• I love walking and have my own walking group to explore more of the Northern countryside