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Overview

Hi my name is Evan Nishi, a self taught programmer, community leader, and avid learner. I have demonstrated a strong work ethic, a passion for learning, high adaptability, a knack for problem solving, and accountability while on projects. I mainly do web development, but also some machine learning on the side. If you want to see some of my projects, feel free to look on myGithub.




Personal Projects

  • Personal Site V2

    • 04/2020-09/2020
    Created a personal website (looking at it right now!)

  • Media Bias Visualization

    • 10/2020-12/2020
    Webscraped data and created a visualization of media bias vs viewership link

  • Birthday Card Generator

    • 11/2020-06/2021
    Created an api that generates and stores birthday cards with custom messages/theming given a post request link

  • Spotify LED Matrix

    • 03/2022
    Programmed an LED matrix to sync up with my spotify and display the album cover and other information about the currently playing song using a raspi link




Education

  • Las Lomas High School

    • Student, 2018-2022
    High School Dilpoma

  • Diablo Valley College

    • Student, 2019-2022
    A.S. Computer Science

  • San Jose State University

    • Student, 2022-present
    B.S. Digital Forensics




Work

  • TrantonLLC

    • Contract backend web developer, 01/2020-02/2020
    Was a paid contract developer for TrantonLLC. Worked mainly with discord.js, AWS EC2, and express.

  • The Coder School

    • Code coach, 02/2021-09/2021
    Taught and tutored students in basic programming concepts.

  • Kwan Logistics

    • Grunt, 06/2022-07/2022
    Literally moved and palletized boxes and helped staff with computer issues in the hot LA sun. A little hard labor goes a long way.

  • Drem

    • Intern, 06/2022-09/2022
    Was a lead intern for Drem, a fintech startup based in SCU. Worked mainly with code organization and quality, typescript, tailwind, and react.




Tools/Technologies:

I love learning new technologies, along with the following tools. I am also experienced with linux, scrum, git, mongodb administration, and bash scripting.

Javascript/Typescript

I am familiar with syntax and structure of javascript programs, as well as Object Oriented concepts and modules. I am also familiar with sending and receiving requests, CRUD operations with noSQL databases, dynamic websites with react, and asynchronous programming.

Accompanying tools:

  • Express
  • Mongoose/Mongo
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • React.js

Python

I am familiar with syntax and structure of python, as well as Object Oriented concepts and modules. I also am familiar with the usage of virtual environments with pip packages. I also have some understanding of data science and machine learning concepts and have taken basic data science COMSC-120ds at DVC.

Accompanying tools:

  • OpenCV
  • Pandas
  • Poetry
  • Pipenv
  • Pyquil
  • Sqlite
  • Tensorflow

Java

I took APCS A and COMSC 255, which taught Java gui programming, control flow, and OOP. I also learned web development and routing with Spring Boot, as well as familiarized myself with build tools such as Gradle and Maven.

Accompanying tools:

  • Gradle
  • Maven
  • Spring Boot

C++

I took COMSC 110, COMSC 165, COMSC 200 and COMSC 210 at DVC and covered C++ fundamentals, data structures, and best practices. I also used C++ in VEX robotics, mainly working with littlevgl graphics library for the UI of our controller.


HTML/CSS

I know how to style and make responsive static websites with HTML and CSS.