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# Eoin McCarthy
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Full Stack Web Developer based in London. Moving to Nazareth to set up a coding school with Founders and Coders C.I.C. in the new year. Passionate about teaching and learning.
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I will be based in London until December, and in the new year will be looking for remote work and jobs based in Israel.
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## Employment
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### Full Stack Web Developer | DWYL
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###### January 2016 - Current. London, UK.
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Lead developer. Our product is a stress testing tool for financial regulators. It handles large amounts of data in a complex data model. The server is built with Node, Hapi and PostgreSQL. The client is built with React, Redux, Immutable.js, SASS and ES6.
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### Full Stack Web Developer, Mentor | Founders and Coders
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###### September 2015 - Current. London, UK.
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Founders & Coders is a UK-based nonprofit organization that runs a tuition-free, peer-led coding academy in London.
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#### Mentor
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###### January 2016 - Current. London, UK.
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Roles include:
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* Refining the curriculum.
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* Workshops, Q&A sessions.
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* Planning, organisation, promotion of upcoming course in Nazareth.
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In Nazareth, as well as coordinating the course, I will lead our graduates, in small teams, to help deliver quality solutions to start-ups and charities in the technology sector.
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#### Course
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###### September 2015 - January 2016. London, UK.
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Founders and Coders offer an immersive 16-week full stack JavaScript course. Each week in teams of four we build an web-app MVP.
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Projects include:
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* A static blogging site using jekyll and gh pages.
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* A news and music site using the Guardian API and Soundcloud API.
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* A chat app using node and redis.
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* Forum using node, redis, web sockets and JWTs.
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* Circle line tube tracking visualisation using D3 and Transport For London API.
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* React component visualising JS objects using D3.
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As a freelancer after the course, I built a web-app called piccnicc, using node and react.
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### Android Front End Developer | Freelance
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###### June 2015. Bristol, UK.
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Added and modified UI elements on a crypto-currency trading app called startchat. This is built on top of the telegram messaging app using android studio and Java.
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### Research Assistant | Bristol University
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###### June 2014 - August 2014. Bristol, UK.
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Developed mathematical techniques for modelling first passage processes used in Mathematical Ecology.
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### Robotics Engineer | Novi Systems
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###### March 2012, June 2012. Dulverton, Devon, UK
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Using ladder logic, my main task was to program the controller for a new product being created by Novi Systems. The product was an airflow controller used for medical inhaler testing.
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As well as programming the controller, I helped with the design for this new product, including modelling the pressure in the system, helping design the circuits, the sourcing of its components, wiring and construction
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## Education
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### Bristol University, The University of Hong Kong | MENG in Engineering Mathematics
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###### Grad. July 2015 | Upper Second Class
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My degree had a heavy focus on the mathematical modelling process. For my dissertation, I created a mathematical model relating car usage in the UK to a data set containing MOT test results over a five year period. I spent my third year studying in Hong Kong.
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Among the more CS-flavour modules I took were: dynamics of networks; control theory: pattern recognition; neural networks; discreet mathematics; robotic systems.
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With coding modules in: c; c++; java; haskell. Alongside my studies I spent time learning C# and JavaScript.
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### Exeter School | A-LEVELS
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Mathematics A\*, Further Mathematics A\*, Physics A, English Literature C (AS), Extended Project (AS-Equiv) A.
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### Awards
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- 2013: Studentship in recognition of outstanding grades
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- 2011: Gold Award, UKMT Senior Maths Challenge
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- 2009: Ogden Trust scholarship at Exeter School.
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Github: https://github.com/des-des
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linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoindesmondmccarthy

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