I'm a 17-year old nerd from Coleraine, currently studying my A-Levels at Dalriada School. I'm curious, diligent, and excited about Northern-Ireland's booming tech sector.
2021-06-28 — 2021-08-25
Kitchen Porter/Waiter
Over the summer, I worked both in the kitchen (washing dishes, cleaning up spills, and basic food prep) and front-of-house (taking orders, and delivering meals to tables).
Highlights
- Negotiating my hours, and asking the manager if I could change to waitering, taught me a lot about being assertive while remaining respectful.
- I also learned about responsibility - when taking food to customers, I had to ensure the correct cutlery, sauces and sides were supplied, and getting it wrong could change their opinion of the restaurant.
Mountsandel Christian Fellowship 2015 — 2019
Leader in the 'Sandelfest' kids club
I've helped lead this club, which runs for a week in the summer, every year since I was old enough.
Highlights
- I had to agree on and plan out activities with the other leaders each morning - this helped me in discussing and working out ideas with others.
- My main role was often simply getting the kids excited for what the day held, teaching me how to engage people and keep their attention.
St Patricks Church 2017 — 2019
Leader in kids club
While I had the same role in this club as in Sandelfest, it ran for three weeks and had a high number of kids to each leader.
Highlights
- It wasn't uncommon for activities to deviate from what was planned, so I learned a lot about improvising, and responding to situations that come up
- The timespan was quite tiring for all of us, so I often made an effort to remain positive, helpful, and raise the spirits of the team where I could.
Dalriada School 2020-09-01 — 2022-05-01
Physics, Classical Civilization and Computer Science
A-Level
Courses
- Physics (CCEA)
- Computer Science (AQA)
- Classical Civilization (OCR)
Programming
- Python
- C#
English
Native speaker
Playing with operating systems
- Linux
- TempleOS
- Haiku
Singing
- School chamber choir
- Tenor
- Partial to ukulele
Reading
- Isaac Asimov
- Ursula Le Guin
- Stanislaw Lem