Hello! My name is Barend and I am a 24 year old front-end web developer. Born and raised in Cape Town, I immediately began working in the retail industry straight out of high school and have been doing so for the past 4-5 years. I moved to Johannesburg just under 2 years ago as I had gotten an opportunity at a high-end fashion house in Sandton City. Up until recently I had felt lost as I never really knew what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to do some research about the marketplace and came across some interesting articles about the tech industry. In my mind, the tech industry involved some dude coming to your office to fix the printer. Little did I know there’s a whole lot more involved and I immediately looked into it and joined a full-stack web developer bootcamp as I felt that it was the best option for me to express creativity and to get the full experience of both front and back end development. I can honestly say I’ve never been happier or experienced such joy doing anything else. I know that its only been three months so far and I have a very long road ahead of me but I believe my strong willingness to learn and passion for what I do will prove to be beneficial to any company keen on having me join their team. I am still young and filled with energy and desire to flourish and I cannot wait to get into the industry to prove myself as a team player and meet awesome people in the process. Below you find some details on the programming languages I am working with as well as additional education details, work experience and contactable references if you would like to do a background check. If you would like to find out more details about the bootcamp I have done, please feel free to contact my mentor on the number provided under references. I am currently working on a technical portfolio site so please bear with me.