Harold Park
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Struggling to break into tech in this tough job market? Feeling stuck in your job search and overwhelmed by imposter syndrome? Or perhaps you're looking for guidance on navigating a toxic workplace? 🤔
You've come to the right place. 🚀
Hi, my name is Harold, and I’ve been developing websites and web applications professionally for over 7 years across diverse industries, with a focus on front-end development.
Like many of you, I come from a non-traditional background. I was on the path to pharmacy school, then a teaching credential, before discovering coding. I attended an intensive three-month, in-person JavaScript boot camp. After a tough job search, I finally landed my first opportunity through an internship. Having gone through a similar journey that you are about to embark on, I firmly believe that, with time and dedication, you too can break into tech. 💪
I find deep fulfillment in helping others. I can support you with industry insights 🌐, pair programming 🤝, code reviews 📝, capstone project planning 📊, and job search strategies 📈. As a former teacher and mental health advocate, my mentoring approach is rooted in empathy, the Socratic method, and constructive feedback. My goal is always to adapt to your unique learning style and the problems you’re facing, bringing an objective lens rather than enforcing my own opinions. After all, coding can be intensely subjective, and the best solutions come from collaboration and knowledge transfer.
I look forward to meeting you and wish you the best on your tech journey 🙂
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
- Delivered full-stack development for consumer-facing cloud web application, connecting users to its AI-powered rope inspection sy...
- Delivered full-stack development for consumer-facing cloud web application, connecting users to its AI-powered rope inspection system to enable scanning, reviewing, and managing safety-critical rope data. Using Vue and Node, collaborated on Figma designs, and took ownership of the customer-facing web app, enabling seniors to focus on data pipeline enhancement.
- Developed an MVP for a training platform that processes pre-existing AWS S3-hosted rope images through Scope’s LLMs, enabling manual correction of misclassifications via tagging to mitigate false positives/negatives and improve LLM accuracy in anomaly detection.
- Enhanced cross-functional collaboration and knowledge transfer by authoring 1000+ structured technical tickets in GitLab with detailed acceptance criteria, R&D notes, and traceable feedback loops. Pioneered internal documentation in Notion for complex user stories and system behaviors, reducing onboarding time and improving team efficiency.
- Modernized front-end testing practices by implementing Vitest and Storybook, integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and significantly reducing post-deployment defects, improving code reliability.
- Revitalized back-end architecture by migrating our PostgreSQL REST API to use modern technologies like Prisma ORM and Tanstack Query, simplifying data-fetching code and enhancing maintainability and scalability
- Monitored production health using Sentry, resolving errors rapidly by analyzing performance metrics, error states, and tracebacks.
- Delivered full-stack development of mission-critical features and bug fixes for the cloud-based WIDOW (Web-based Information Domi...
- Delivered full-stack development of mission-critical features and bug fixes for the cloud-based WIDOW (Web-based Information Dominant Warfare) application from inception using React (front-end) and Django (back-end) in a DevSecOps environment, enabling real-time mission planning and multi-branch military collaboration, directly supporting the US Air Force’s $15M STRATFI contract award.
- Maintained CI/CD pipeline across multiple application environments, achieving 80%+ test coverage and ensuring 100% compliance with Platform One security standards, enhancing system reliability and deployment efficiency.
- Resolved mission-blocking defects during live military exercises by deploying hotfixes in real-time, directly enhancing end-user operational readiness and system trust.
- Built a functional MVP for the LIFTT event management web app in 8 weeks using Next.js, collaborating with a designer through Figma to enable real-time data tracking and exercise coordination for military training exercises.