Amber Pittman Portfolio

About Me

Travel blogger turned software developer.

Despite my intense devotion to experiencing new cultures, meeting new people, and finding adventures in new locales, I kept gravitating toward learning to program.

Like many before me, I spent numerous hours teaching myself how to code. Without having developer friends to help me figure out where I made my mistakes in my work, I realized I needed to consider a professional learning environment

Although I do hold a degree, I chose to go to Lambda School for my Full Stack Web Development knowledge.

Through Lambda School, I gained valuable knowledge needed for professional developers. Meanwhile, I found my community. A community of diverse lives with different backgrounds from mine. While seemingly quite different, I've made many friends who are equally excited about software development as I am.

Additionally, I was able to extend my own knowledge gained from Lambda School and became a Team Lead for another cohort. I oversaw 15 students during this time. I managed them, helped them understand the learning modules better, provided outside resources to expand on what was taught in the curriculum.

Please continue scrolling to get my work and education histories.

Work & Education

Using developer skills, I ensure WP Tasty's customers get the most out of the services. As this is a remote position, I take utmost care to communicate with all team members and customers.

Create customized CSS for customer
Troubleshooting issues remotely via email
Test issues for reproducibility and find solutions for customers
Route customer feedback to the Product Manager
Collaborate with main developers to find and resolve advanced issues

Managed 15 students
Provided code reviews
Held Biweekly 1 on 1 meetings with students
Lead group Student Stand Up Meetings 2-3 times per week
Daily standup meeting with Section Lead
Resolve Merge Conflicts
Hosted Help Desk Hours

3 years of WordPress experience implementing HTML and CSS
Write, edit, and publish content relevant to readers' needs
Maintain website legality in a global market
Collaborate with fellow colleagues to improve customer/reader happiness through social media
Independent Research for new topics

Throughout my time at Lambda School, my focus is on full stack web development. Here, I learned how to utilize both Git and Github. Lambda helped me get a firmer grasp on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Additionally, I've learned React and NodeJS here.

Spent my time at Hinds focusing on my core requirements as well as Culinary Arts and Hotel Management. During this time, I served on Student Government as Treasurer.

Capabilities

My passion and goal is to help you make your business standout.

Languages

Python3
JavaScript ES6
CSS3
HTML5

Databases

SQLlite

Software Development

RESTful APIs
Object Oriented Programming

Frameworks and Libraries

NodeJS
ReactJS
KnexJS
Express
Axios
Jest
React Testing Library
React-Redux
React Styled-Components
LESS
TailwindCSS

Tools

Git
GitHub
Zeit/Vercel
Netlify
Heroku
Visual Studio Code
Slack
Asana
Trello
Windows 10 OS
Git Bash

Soft Skills

Business Etiquette
Team Leadership
Discretion and Diplomacy
Staff Training
Self-motivated, Independent Work Ethic
Open, Solid, and Prompt Communication
Time Management
Problem Solving
Highly Organized

Selected Projects

Here are some of my selected works I have done lately. Feel free to check them out. More will be added soon!

Baby Belly

React, TailwindCSS

High-End Children's Clothes

Personal project I did for the sake of learning and understanding TailwindCSS.

Dive into the Github Code.

High-End Children's Clothes

Personal project I did for the sake of learning and understanding TailwindCSS.

Preview of active noise controller game to quiet young students

Noise Controller: The Quiet Down Game

React, Axios GET Requests, HTML, and CSS

This app is used to help teachers quiet unruly young students.

This was a team project using React. When both UI students, I took it upon myself to create the landing page despite not being required for MVP.

Dive into the Github Code.

This app is used to help teachers quiet unruly young students.

This was a team project using React. When both UI students, I took it upon myself to create the landing page despite not being required for MVP.

Preview of active GitHub users Amber Pittman follows

GitHub User Cards

JavaScript GET Requests

I created a component based on the data received when I send a GET request to the GitHub API. JavaScript and the Axios library was utilized in this project.

The app pulls in my user information as well as the people who follow me on GitHub.

Dive into the Github Code.

I created a component based on the data received when I send a GET request to the GitHub API (requesting my own data at first). JavaScript and the Axios library was utilized in this project.

Sweet Eats Bakery

HTML and CSS

This was my very first project with Lambda School. As a stretch goal, I managed to change the fonts on the site using only CSS as well as adding some animation to the hover buttons in the nav bar.

Dive into the Github Code.

This was my very first project with Lambda School. As a stretch goal, I managed to change the fonts on the site using only CSS as well as adding some animation to the hover buttons in the nav bar.

Dive into the Github Code.

Conway's Game of Life

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Welcome to John Conway's "Game of Life"! This is a computer science classic from 1970, a program that simulates a cellular automaton (plural automata). It has connections to all kinds of different aspects of computer science and nature.

Dive into the Github Code.

Hello, I'm Amber Pittman

Full Stack Web Developer
Based In Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

About Me

Work & Education

Food Blogger Pro

Tech Support

Lambda School

Team Lead

Wanderlust Conqueror

Owner, CEO

Lambda School

Full Stack Web Development

Hinds Community College

Associate of Arts