RSI Software Engineers are responsible for the design, development, testing, documentation,
analysis, and support of features within RSI’s new or upgraded software systems, products, and/or service offerings.

Software Engineer

DXC Technology

Operation Spark

A workforce development program employing an increasing intensity of task difficulty and deadlines focused on training participants as javascript-based full-stack software developers. The program teaches proficiency through project-based learning that employs AGILE project management best practices (scrum, partnered programming, TDD, sprints, CI/CD, version control/GIT, etc. ) in order to produce autonomous full-stack software engineers capable of joining and contributing to dev team immediately. 
Technologies covered include but are not limited to:

JavaScript
React.js
Node.js
Express.js
HTML
CSS
jQuery
Structured Query Language (SQL)

Full Stack Software Developer

K2 Body Sculpting LLC 

Personal as well as group fitness and mobility training services provided through private fitness instruction/consultation, that employed alternative training methodologies for holistic strength acquisition. Additional services include Injury rehabilitation, Health & wellness coaching, Self Defense, Traditional Martial Arts instruction (Kajukenbo), program consultation, youth fitness programing, disease prevention, and sport performance training.

Business Owner

The New Orleans Agenda

“What The Fit” is a reoccurring general health and fitness article published by the New Orleans agenda, a local New Orleans area online newsletter. The article is published on Fridays of each month and is be geared toward helpful tips to create and maintain a healthier lifestyle. Topics include simple exercise routines, general dietary suggestions, local leisure-time physical activity recommendations, and physical activities suitable for all fitness levels to participate in.

Health & Fitness Writer 

Southeastern Louisiana University

Assisted Kinesiology Department professors, in grading undergraduate papers, set up as well as conducting laboratory experiments, inventorying/managing/maintaining laboratory equipment, and teaching undergraduate courses.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

I am a software engineer building my skills until I reach my goal of becoming a senior developer. I am a non-traditional convert to the field, making the switch in my 30s during the pandemic, but I have since fallen in love with the challenge, motility, and individuality I have found in coding.

The move to tech was by far the best career decision I have ever made, and I implore anyone thinking about it to leap. Tech is far more extensive than just writing code and has something for anyone determined enough to learn the skills needed to fill the role on the team. The constant open opportunity is what I love about tech and motivates me to grow my skills daily.     

That's enough about me!

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Question:
Explain the concept of a microtask queue.



Answer:
JavaScript is a single threaded language, and the microtask queue is part of the event loop mechanism that helps manage asynchronous operations without blocking the main execution flow. The microtask queue is used to schedule tasks that must run immediately after the current call stack is cleared, but before any other queued tasks are allowed to execute.

Microtasks are typically used for operations that need to occur as soon as the current execution context finishes, such as Promise callbacks. Once the current task completes and the call stack is empty, the event loop processes all pending microtasks before moving on to the next macrotask.

Macrotasks include operations such as timers (`setTimeout`, `setInterval`), DOM events, I/O, and network requests. The event loop processes one macrotask per iteration, but drains the entire microtask queue before starting the next iteration. This priority ensures that microtasks are executed promptly and in a predictable order.

New microtasks can be added by resolving Promises or by explicitly scheduling them using the `queueMicrotask()` method.



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Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals

Functional Programming & Web Development Level 3

Functional Programing & Web Development Level 2

Functional Programming & Web Development Level 1

freeCodeCamp

Responsive Web Design 

Florida Department of Financial Services

Independent Adjuster [Non-Resident]

Mississippi Insurance Department

Louisiana Department of Insurance

Independent Adjuster

American College of Sports Medicine

Certified Exercise Physiologist (ACSM EP-C)

8-month workforce program with increasing intensity focused on training participants as javascript-based full-stack software developers.      

Eastern Oregon University

Frontend Software Engineer | React.js | Next.js | JavaScript | Typescript | HTML | CSS

The ERG Portal, utilizing an exclusive Microsoft Technology stack, is a web based application to provide a safe and welcoming workplace environment for DXC employees fostering equality, value, and awareness of employee issues, while providing resources for current employees as well as job applicants. 

The portal will allow for ERG employees and applicants to start and or join a ERG, engage group mates in private meeting spaces, create group marketing materials along with goal oriented budgets, propose ERG events, and view/track all related activities via an Events calendar.

The Portal is intended to bring DXC values ( Deliver, Collaborate, Community, Care, Do ) to life for all employees.

DXC Americas Employee Resource Group Portal - (AMS_ERG)

The Monumental application provides global access for franchise staff members to store, secure, access, and present team or player specific statistical data according to numerous variable inputs.

Monumental Sports Basketball Operations

Task Logger is a continuing education project I undertook to increase my skills with state management within a React.js application using the Redux library. Task Logger provides the user (IT department manager) with an application to create work orders and assign those work orders to technicians. Task Logger is a MERN-stack application, that allows the user to add new tasks/technicians, update existing tasks, and remove tasks/technicians. Task Logger employs a RESTful Node.js API design with a lightweight Express.js server.          

Task Logger | Web Application   

Contact Keeper is a continuing education project I undertook to increase my skills with the React.js library and the Context API. Contact Keeper provides users a private account in order to save specific information ( name, phone, email, relationship ) for desired individuals. Contact Keeper utilizes a MongoDB cloud instance that allows authenticated users full CRUD functionality with saved contact information through a RESTful Node.js API on an Express.js server.



Contact Keeper | Web Application

Github Finder is a continuing education project I undertook to increase my skills with creating applications using the React.js library, functional components, and hooks. Github Finder is a web application utilizing the Github API to allow users to search Github user public repositories and profile information.

Github Finder | Web Application

Associate Software Engineer at Optum/UnitedHealth Group - JavaScript, React, C#/.NET, SQL

Just here to improve the lives of everyone in construction

GameTime is an online gaming platform focused on player and developer interactions Our main goal is to allow developers to host games and have players provide feedback to improve upon the game development process.

Game Time | Web Application

Software Engineer at Panda

Software Engineer at Energy Vault

Trailr provides users access to hiking trails in their area, as well as search-by-location functionality. Trails load automatically as a user traverses to new areas within Google Maps. Users can save their favorite trails to plan trips, and rate the difficulty and likeability of each trail that they encounter. Users can also upload geotagged photos, sharing interesting things they find along the trail route with other users. Users can comment on their own photos and photos that others upload, and they can edit their own comments.

Trailr | Web Application

A web design project utilizing React, JavaScript, CSS Grid, Flexbox, & Media Query Breakpoints to create a application that is responsive to screen sizes.

Cyclone Technologies Inc.

This is a professional development project that I conducted to help me improve skills in: 
- building dynamic form components
- practicing A11y accessibility adherence
- employing best practices for form creation
- code documentation skills 
- React and the react-hook-forms library
- utilizing the MUI component library

Form Mastery 1

Form Mastery 2

Full-Stack Developer | Design Systems & Accessibility | Testing Automation | Technical Documentation | JavaScript • TypeScript • C# • SQL

**************** Project Update ****************

Title: Isekai Quest

Repo: https://lnkd.in/g86EuhKC

Demo: https://lnkd.in/gurVmgs6

Still moving forward with the project and working toward a playable quest story by the end of this month.

Today I am showing off a small but fun update I made to the MarketBooth component.

Now, when a player purchases an item, an audio cue of coins clinking plays to further indicate that the item was successfully purchased.

This is another small detail I picked up from playing Final Fantasy VII, aka doing research.

I want to match that sound design by adding a consumption audio cue when a player uses an item on the PartyScreen, but that is something I can easily add later once quest stories are fully playable.

My next task is to create a battle outcome screen that serves as an intermediate point between the end of a battle and restarting a quest at either the last or next story point.

Eventually, the restart node will be determined by the battle outcome, but that is something planned for version two of the game. I think it will be really cool to have quests that support different endings and rewards based on the decisions players make during the story.

Diverging story branches, loot, and experience points are coming soon, but the battle outcome screen is the next major step toward making this project fully playable.

Hope you are enjoying the progress.

Back to the code I go. 🏃🏿‍♂️‍➡️

Happy Coding Yall! 👨🏿‍💻

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I’ve been doing some research into the history of game UI text localization technology, and I’ve been turning up some interesting tidbits that I wanted to share.

I just learned about EFIGS, which stands for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and how these became the first and most commonly defaulted languages for early localization efforts in games.

I’m planning to add localization into my game, as well as a new small business application project I’ll be starting this month, so I’m excited to start gaining insights into this new focus area of frontend development.

Happy coding, y’all! 👨🏿‍💻

#frontenddevelopment
#gamedev
#localization
#i18n
#uxdesign
#softwareengineering
#learninginpublic
#professionaldevelopment
#indiedev

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Question:
Explain the concept of code coverage and how it can be used to assess test quality.



Answer:
Code coverage is a software testing metric that measures how much of an application’s code is executed when a test suite runs. It is commonly used as an indicator of how thoroughly the codebase is being exercised by tests, which can help teams identify untested or under-tested areas.

Higher code coverage can increase confidence that major code paths are being executed, but it does not guarantee high-quality tests or bug-free code. Achieving 100% coverage does not ensure that edge cases are handled correctly or that meaningful assertions are in place, and it can sometimes create a false sense of security if tests only verify execution rather than behavior.

Modern testing tools can report coverage across multiple dimensions, such as statements, branches, functions, and lines of code. These metrics help developers understand which parts of the application may require additional testing and where coverage gaps exist.

In practice, code coverage is most effective when used alongside well-written tests that focus on behavior and edge cases rather than as a standalone measure of test quality.



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#WebDevelopment
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