"Hi! I graduated from Sonoma State University (SSU) with a B.S. in Computer Science with a 3.7 CS GPA. These days, I work in a C++ codebase for a game engine at a AAA video game company. I thoroughly enjoy this line of work, but I've always had a soft spot for tutoring!

While I was getting my degree, I spent a lot of my free time helping other CS students. I realized I enjoyed helping others with coding assignments, so I eventually worked at SSU for 1 year as an Embedded Computer Science Lab Tutor, where my job was to rotate around a lab classroom with 20 -- 30 students working on a coding assignment, helping each of them get unstuck and answering their questions. Working with so many students at once helped me learn how to adjust my teaching style for different levels of experience and learning/communication styles. I got to experience tutoring in person as well as over Zoom at this job, since I was hired before the pandemic.

When I was learning various coding disciplines, such as Web and Mobile, I often felt uncertain about whether I was using the right framework, using the available API's correctly, or if I was unintentionally reinventing the wheel, or if I was learning skills that would be relevant to industry jobs. I also found many online tutorials confusing or misleading. I want to help students working on side projects to answer these questions and make sure that they're on the right track to learn critical skills that will help them in their careers.

I try to carry forward what I learned at my previous tutoring job into my tutoring on Wyzant. I hope to help new programmers get unstuck on hard coding problems, feel less confused, find new project ideas to help them gain experience, and narrow down what type of coding career is right for them.

Throughout all of my tutoring experience, I have felt that I'm passionate about helping people better understand software and programming. I hope to find other motivated learners on Wyzant with whom I can share my knowledge and experience!" less...