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Nicholas Hunt-Walker

Contact Information

Technical Skills
Python 2.7+, 3.5+ Pandas JavaScript Unix Shell AWS EC2 (Ubuntu 14.04 & 16.04)
Django NumPy jQuery Git AWS RDS
Pyramid Matplotlib HTML5 GitHub AWS S3
Ansible Scikit-Learn CSS3 GitLab Heroku
BeautifulSoup R/RStudio D3.js MySQL
SQLAlchemy LaTeX NodeJS PostgreSQL

Relevant Experience

Assistant/Lead Instructor of Software Development

  • Location: Code Fellows, Seattle WA
  • Start: Mar 2016
  • End: Ongoing

Trained ~100 full-stack web developers across 9 classes of Python, JavaScript, and front-end web basics Created and delivered new week-long course teaching Python data analysis and visualization skills Overhauled and updated existing course material better fitting student & industry needs Managed student capstone projects, guiding progress and outcomes to stretch limits of student abilities

Contracted Web Developer

  • Location: C. Hunt-Walker Company
  • Start: Jun 2014
  • End: Oct 2015

Used HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, and JavaScript to build full websites from PDF and PSD specs Maintained existing websites, adding/updating content and modifying backend PHP Ensured sensible user flow with JavaScript through user testing and incorporating client feedback

Database Setup and Management

  • Location: University of Washington Dept of Astronomy, Seattle WA
  • Start: Aug 2012
  • End: Mar 2016

Retrieved and organized MySQL tables of Wide-field Infrared Space Experiment (WISE; 550+ million items) and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS; 700+ million items) data Utilized Python and MySQL to generate merged catalogs of attributes for objects present between WISE and SDSS data based on object position (240+ million items)

Education

Ph.D. Candidacy Astronomy

  • Institution: University of Washington, Seattle WA
  • Date Obtained: Mar 2015

M.S. Astronomy

  • Institution: University of Washington, Seattle WA
  • Date Obtained: Jun 2012

B.S. Physics and Mathematics

  • Institution: City University of New York at York College, Queens NY
  • Date Obtained: May 2010

Selected Projects

Liveratlas

Contracted to upgrade website from Django 1.8 to Django 1.11, and from jQuery 1.x to jQuery 3.x. Added unit and integration tests with Django’s built-in test suite; added functional tests using Selenium

KyeishaHodge - Psychotherapist

Designed, developed, and deployed Django site hosting content and information for a psychotherapist's business. Includes information for speaking engagements, blog, group coaching events, and any other info needed for current and prospective clients.

Volbot

Paired with another developer to launch a Facebook Messenger Bot with specific purpose to connect users with volunteer events in their area. Consumes the Eventbrite API and returns responses depending upon text sent, location set, or event category of interest.

Collateral Consequences

Designed, developed, and deployed Django site hosting organized, accessible database of consequences for criminal actions. The goal is to reduce plea deals for accused citizens by informing them about the vast array of conviction consequences

Dungeonbot

A Flask-based Slackbot designed to manage games of Dungeons & Dragons. Developed feature for logging and keeping track of party quests. Also developed functionality for running tests against Dungeonbot code base.

Director Hodge

Designed, developed, and deployed Pyramid site for active director, featuring his films and awards. Maintains web presence and latest news regarding projects and recognition.

Selected Public Outreach

A Web App in Four Frameworks

  • Role: Speaker
  • Location(s):
    • Puget Sound Programming Python Meetup (Dec 2017)
    • PyCascades (Jan 2018)
    • PyCaribbean (Feb 2018)

Explores how to build the same application in four Python frameworks to show the similarities and differences between them in practice.

Tech Mentorship

  • Role: Speaker
  • Location: Puget Sound Programming Python Meetup (May 2017)

Lightning talk about the value of mentorship and the methods for starting a mentoring relationship

Pandas: Beating Excel One Row at a Time

  • Role: Speaker
  • Location: Puget Sound Programming Python Meetup (Oct 2016)

Lightning talk describing how the Pandas library makes dealing with spreadsheets simple

Career Paths for Astronomers

  • Role: Speaker
  • Location: University of Washington Pre-Major in Astronomy Program (Oct 2016)

Outlined conventional & alternative career paths for scientists given their vast array of skills

Diversity in Tech Panel

  • Role: Panelist
  • Location: WorkSource (Oct 2016, Jul 2016)

Discussion about being black in tech and path to current career trajectory

Women in Data Science: Analyzing the Stories

  • Role: Panel Moderator
  • Location: Code Fellows (Jul 2016)

Moderated panel on discussion of 3 women’s career paths and experiences as data scientists

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