terrencejchan/gatsby-portfolio-v2

Terrence

Greetings and salutations to thee, fellow human! I like to code and play video games, among other less exciting hobbies.

I recently graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelors of Arts (December 2020) after spending five years studying business, political science, and economics. Immediately afterwards, I partook in a six month coding boot camp offered by the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (May 2021). There, I studied front and back-end development. It'd be silly to say I've mastered everything I learned, but I can confidently say that I am at least competent in the following:

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
• Node.js, Express
• MySQL, Sequelize, Mongoose

🌱 Currently, I'm investigating the mystical powers of:

• PostgreSQL ("It's basically MongoDB, but better in every way." - a friend)
• Next.js (Components, preprocessing, link routing, oh my!)
• Sass (❤️ @mixins. Where were you when I needed to automate my breakpoints?)

While I am flounder about, trying to get a stronger grip in the world of development, I am working on the following projects:

• discord-rpg-game - An adventure RPG that can be played solo or with friends on Discord. (Collaboration project with my friend @foxfriends.)
• next-portfolio - My third iteration of creating a nice home on the internet. Doubles as an experiment ground to learn Next.js and Sass.

I've always wanted to get into art as a child, but the idea of getting sticky with paint and drawing lines without rulers terrified me to the core. I treat coding as my outlet of finally being able to unleash my creativity while creating something that might be of use to someone.

Contact

I can be reached at not one, but two different places! I check my email [email protected] every day, and I can easily be reached on Discord via @Hycic#2025 for a casual chat. I promise that my speaking voice is more pleasant than my writing voice.