From Fortran to Full Stack

From the moment I could walk, I was that kid who had to know how everything worked. My parents surely regretted buying me any toys - they'd inevitably find them in pieces as I tried to figure out what made them tick. The constant "but why?" questions probably tested their patience, but that curiosity never went away. It just evolved from taking apart toys to taking apart code.

Today, that same drive to understand and create pushes me to explore new technologies and build solutions that make a difference. Whether it's crafting intuitive user interfaces or architecting robust backend systems, I bring that childhood curiosity to every project I tackle.

My journey into tech actually began during my Chemistry degree. In my first year, I had a module in FORTRAN 77 - a programming language designed for scientific computing. While my classmates saw it as just another requirement to check off, something clicked for me. There was an elegant similarity between balancing chemical equations and writing clean code - both required precision, logic, and creative problem-solving. That module planted a seed that would soon grow into a full-fledged passion for software development.

After graduating, I dove headfirst into tech through an intensive development academy at Sparta Global. What started as a consulting role at Bupa quickly evolved into something more permanent. These days, I lead a development team working on healthcare applications that help thousands of members access care services. It's not quite Schrödinger's cat, but I'd like to think I'm still solving important puzzles – just with more practical applications and fewer quantum superpositions.

When I'm not at work, you'll find me tinkering with side projects, exploring new tech stacks, or – in true developer fashion – gaming (because apparently writing code all day isn't enough screen time). I've gone from trying to understand the universe to building little digital universes of my own, then escaping into others' during my downtime. I guess some things never change – I'm still taking things apart and putting them back together, just virtually now.