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Resume

Joseph Milius

Westminster, CO 80031 | 720-394-1018 | joemilius@gmail.com

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SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Experienced in Ruby on Rails and React-JavaScript based programming with a background in Elementary Education. Possess strong skills in collaboration and problem-solving. I love creating functionality with which a user is able to interact with clickable events and information retrieval from a database.  

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Ruby, Rails, Active Record, SQL, Javascript, React, Websockets

 

TECHNICAL PROJECTS

Match It - Github | Demo

A virtual memory game for early childhood development

  • Used custom Ruby methods to form copies of database information to create identical cards

  • Created CSS that was interactive with React conditionals

  • Utilized WebSockets to allow two users to play the game against each other

 

Earn It - Github | Demo

An app that keeps track of the chores of a household and who is responsible for them

  • Utilized a Rails-React interaction to keep track of households, users, and chores

  • Created different homepages for children and parents based on a boolean, so their capabilities were not the same

  • Developed custom Ruby methods to provide how much money was earned from a user’s completed chores

 

Movie Lounge - Github | Demo

An app that lets you search for movies you want to watch and save them to your page

  • Utilized the IMDB API to search for movies

  • Developed a local JSON database to save movie information

  • Create buttons that allowed saved movies to be removed or liked through delete and patch fetch requests respectively

 

Travel Log - Github - frontend / backend | Demo

An app to create an itinerary for activities you want to do on a trip

  • Collaborated with teammates to divide responsibilities based on code sections and project priorities 

  • Created backend associations with Ruby on Rails to include data in a single fetch

  • Utilized React hooks, useState, and useEffect, to refresh data presented to the user

 

EXPERIENCE

Flatiron School 

Software Engineering Technical Coach     01/2022 - Present

  • Reviewed and debugged code for 3,314 tickets while maintaining a 98% satisfaction rating in 2022

  • Reviewed curriculum and provided suggestions for improving bugs and misunderstandings

  • Contributed to a computer environment solutions resource to aid in other coaches’ success

 

Welby Community School  Denver, CO

1st and 2nd Grade Teacher       08/2018 - 08/2020

  • Implemented the use of tablets and whole group slide shows for student engagement

  • Planned systems of lessons for units of learning for 20 students to build to final projects

 

Munroe Elementary  Denver, CO

Kindergarten Teacher       08/2014 - 08/2018

  • Managed a classroom of 25 students along with my paraprofessional to best support their learning

  • Used formative and summative data to track the learning that students accomplished to adjust my instruction

 

EDUCATION

Flatiron School Denver, CO

Full Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails and React-JavaScript program 06/2021 - 09/2021

 

University of Denver Denver, CO

Master’s Degree, Education  06/2013 - 08/2014

 

Metropolitan State University Denver, CO

Bachelor’s Degree, English Literature  06/2008 - 12/2010

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