• Tim R. Lai
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I am a full-stack software developer, 👨🏻‍💻 web developer, 🛜 teacher of web programming, 👨🏻‍🏫 web designer, 🕸️ graphic designer, 🎨 illustrator 👨🏻‍🎨 and cartoonist ✏️ living in Ontario, Canada. 🍁

• 🤖 Most recently worked as a web developer at Futuretalk Inc. making VR/AR and AI applications with React/Next.js and Three.js
• 👨🏻‍🏫 Teacher of Web Programming with Python and Django, PHP and Laravel and JavaScript and Angular at Seneca Polytechnic
• 👨🏻‍🎓 Graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Technology – Software Development from Seneca Polytechnic
• 👨🏻‍💻 A passionate full stack developer/designer with 5+ years of web development experience
• ❤️‍🔥 Enthusiastic, creative, detail-oriented, resourceful, reliable, fast learning, dedicated and adaptable
• 🤝 Experience working both independently and in team-oriented, collaborative environments
• 🍁 Canadian citizen

My skills include developing, testing, debugging and troubleshooting web applications and have experience working with JavaScript, 🟨 TypeScript, 🟦 React, ⚛️ Next.js, Angular, 🦸🏻 Vue, 💚 Vite, ⚡ Python, 🐍 Django, 🎸 Flask, 🍼 PHP, 🐘 Laravel, 🧱 Ruby, 💎 Ruby on Rails, 🛤️ SQL, 🐬 HTML, 🏷️ XML, 🏷️ CSS, 🔶 Sass, 🩷 Tailwind CSS, 🍃 Bootstrap, 🥾 WordPress, 📝 VS Code, 💙 Visual Studio 💜 and Adobe Creative Cloud. ☁️ I am experienced with using those skills to design intuitive, dynamic and accessible user interfaces for web applications. 💻

Having worked with large, fast-paced organizations such as Futuretalk Inc., 🤖 Seneca Polytechnic 👨🏻‍🏫 and the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, 🎬 I have experience communicating 💬 with large teams and working under time constraints. ⌛ People know me to be passionate, ❤️‍🔥 creative, 🎨 detail-oriented, 👁️ resourceful, 🔗 reliable 💯 and adaptable. 💪🏻

I have over five years of experience as a full-stack software and web developer 👨🏻‍💻 who most recently worked with Futuretalk Inc. 🤖 At Futuretalk Inc. 🤖 I developed cutting edge web 🛜 applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, 🟨🟦 React ⚛️ and Three.js 🌐 to create immersive, 3D, 🌐 virtual and augmented reality experiences for educational 👨🏻‍🏫 content and used Python 🐍 to create AI 🤖 powered tools to automate processes. I also have experience teaching 👨🏻‍🏫 web development 🛜 skills at Seneca Polytechnic 🏫 since 2017.

• Created outline and learning outcomes for CSDM-N115 - Introduction to Web Development course
• Developed course content and recorded instructional videos about HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Covered modern, responsive layout techniques such as flexbox, grid and media/container queries
• Compared different font types such as WOFF/WOFF2, TrueType and OpenType and when to use them on the web
• Compared different image types such as WebP, AVIF, PNG/APNG, JPG, GIF and SVG and when to use them on the web
• Explained accessibility standards such as WCAG, AODA and ACA and topics such as screen readers, text alternatives, semantic markup, keyboard navigation, skip links and colour contrast

• Planned lessons to teach web development in the Web Programming and Webmaster/Web Design and Developement programs
• Instructed students in languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, HTML, CSS, Sass and SQL
• Taught students to use frameworks and technologies such as React, Django, Laravel, Angular, jQuery, Electron, Gulp.js, Bootstrap, VS Code and GitHub
• Wrote extensive and detailed technical notes to provide to students
• Facilitated interactive learning activities to engage students in concepts
• Ran workshops on design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

• Designed and developed custom websites and Wordpress themes using PHP, Wordpress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Sass/SCSS
• Updated layout, styles and content of sites using PHP, Wordpress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Sass/SCSS/Less on a regular basis to make design and content changes
• Tested, debugged and performed troubleshooting on Wordpress themes and plugins
• Compiled and minified Sass and JavaScript using the Gulp.js task-runner and Node.js
• Accessed the Instagram API using JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX to display Instagram posts
• Used JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX to access the YouTube API
• Edited, cropped and combined photos in Adobe Photoshop

• Developed, updated and debugged front-end UI/UX using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, the Carbon Design System and React Spring
• Designed UI/UX wireframes and concepts using Adobe XD
• Contributed to, updated and debugged software for building 3D worlds using JavaScript/TypeScript, Three.js, React Three Fiber, Drei and Theatre.js
• Adapted 3D worlds for VR experiences using React XR, the Meta Quest VR headset and the Meta Quest Developer Hub
• Created AR experiences using 8th Wall, A-Frame, JavaScript and Three.js
• Created automated AI tools with Python, Langchain, and the Google Docs and YouTube APIs
• Documented software and development process using Clickup, GitHub issues and pull requests

• Helped students with assignments and exercises in Seneca College's Webmaster/Web Design and Developement Program
• Explained concepts and broke down class examples into manageable chunks
• Assisted students in troubleshooting and debugging coding problems

I am a graduate of Seneca Polytechnic's Honours Bachelor of Technology – Software Development, 👨🏻‍💻🎓 IT Accelerator, 👨🏻‍💻🎓 Webmaster 👨🏻‍💻🎓 and Independent Illustration 🎨🎓 programs. In all four of these programs I received instruction in working with web 🛜 technologies and gained a foundation in graphic design. 🎨 I also received instruction in website accessibility ♿ and took a course specifically about disability ♿ and accessibility where I gained knowledge of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). ♿

I have also offered my services volunteering for organizations which are important to me such as the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International 🎬 and the CNIB. 👁️

• Collaborated with a large team of event planners and volunteers to organize an art book and independent artist market for a non-profit animation festival
• Promoted, organized, designed and compiled TAAFI 2016 Art Book in Adobe InDesign
• Created graphics for the website and promotional materials using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Organized and promoted TAAFI 2016 Indie Alley event and managed TAAFI merchandise table
• Communicated with artists, exhibitors, guests, sponsors and festival attendees to ensure that they had a positive festival experience
• Prepared regular detailed reports to a Board of Directors to keep them informed

• Assisted blind and visually impaired children with various recreational activities

The top languages shown in these graphs only reflect public repositories. I use a lot of JavaScript/TypeScript/JSX and Python in private repositories.