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vmarsterson/README.md

Hello I'm Verity 👋

I work in the My Sky App team at Sky as an Android Developer in Leeds

Developer experience

  • I enrolled onto a software engineering apprenticeship in 2019, learning the basics of HTML5, JS, CSS, React, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL
  • Since then I have worked as both a native Kotlin develop and RN developer in the My Sky App team in Sky

Prior to becoming a developer 💼

  • I worked in Brussels for political consultancy FleishmanHillard, bridging the gap between tech policy (such as MEPs) and industry (e.g. Apple and Dropbox)
  • I was the President and Co-Founder of the Bordeaux Institute of International Cybersecurity Studies (BIICS)
  • I worked as a Research Assistant supporting Senior Lecturer Andrea Calderaro with his studies around Cybersecurity

My qualifications 📖

  • 1st Class Degree in French and Politics from Cardiff University
  • BCS Software Development Methodologies
  • Microsoft MTA/MCP HTML 5 with JavaScript and CSS3
  • A Levels: 2 As (English and Maths) and a B (French)
  • GCSEs: 8 A stars and 2 As

Fun facts about me 💡

  • I am passionate about diversity and inclusion within tech
  • I play the mixed gender Dutch sport called Korfball
  • I love walking and have my own walking group to explore more of the Northern countryside

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