Alexander Blanchard

The Day Job:

I am a Software Engineer working primarily with PHP and JavaScript to develop content management systems.

Skills:

I have several years experience using React (and the MERN stack) to build fully responsive websites, games and time management systems. Websites include simple sites for promotional or informational purposes and more complex sites with authenticated accounts and chat functionality. I have an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Creative Writing and enjoy writing blog posts about tech, religion and a range of other subjects, but I can turn my hand to most forms of writing.

Prior to embarking on a career in tech, I spent six years working as a teacher. While training as a teacher and during my teaching career, I carried out vast amounts of pedagogical research to inform my teaching practice. I also collected pupil progress data and analysed it in order to create targeted interventions. I now enjoy creating visual representations of data in an effort to make it both attractive and easier to understand.