Viktoria Silver VikSil

Hello, World! My name is Vik

Fun Fact: my surname means Silver in my native language. I'm a little silver fox.

I studied Computer Science at Riga Technical University, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in 2006 and a Master's degree in 2008.
I worked as a system analyst in various projects between 2008 and 2013.
I started working in fintech in 2014, and have since worked in customer support, implementations and data analysis roles. I have always done very technical work.
I moved to the UK following a promotion in 2019 because my employer wanted me to work closer with the development team (Oxford Boyz were awesome and I miss them).
In 2023 I got hired into an application support role at a company where the support team management had a long-standing conflicts with the development team. I found myself agreeing with the development team too often. When this employment abruptly ended, it was clear that I have outgrown support roles and need to transition into development.
I had done some coding here and there over the years, but was never given the title. Furthermore, all of my work was proprietary - it belongs to my former employers and I am not legally allowed to show it to anyone, even to prove that I am able to code.
I have been building out my GitHub portfolio since July 2023 and have taken several programming courses to do so, including Harvard's CS50 Python, CS50 Web, CS50AI, Rust course on freeCodeCamp and Software Engineering Bootcamp by Northcoders.
I am currently working through 100 Days of Code Python course by Udemy, as well as building a proof of concept system/website that combines my past experiences and newly acquired development skills, while looking for work opportunities in the industry.

Hosted Work

My Tech Stack

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Public Repo Summary

How To Quant (backend)	Backend for an explorative hobby project aimed at proof of concept finance system implementation (ongoing).
How To Quant (frontend)	Frontend for an explorative hobby project aimed at proof of concept finance system implementation (ongoing).
Statistics101	Capstone project for Harvard's CS50 Web course. The website explores the basics of statistics.
CS50Web	Repository of projects created while taking Harvard's CS50 Web course.
CS50AI	Repository of projects created while taking Harvard's CS50 AI course.
UC_journal_automation	Dockerised Python script that automatically submits entries from Google Sheets to job search journal on Universal Credit Website, using Selenium.
NC_katas_downloader	Scripted auto-downloader for Northcoders Software Engineering Bootcamp exercises.
NC-news-frontend	Frontend project sprint repo for Northcoders Software Development Bootcamp.
NC-news-backend-API	Backend project sprint repo for Northcoders Software Development Bootcamp.
Udemy 100 Days of Code Python Bootcamp	Repository for 100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp by Udemy (ongoing).
freecodecamp_rust_course	Repository of code produced while taking Rust course on freeCodeCamp.
PowerShell_Public	Repository of Powershell scripts and snippets for various tasks.
PowerBI_Public	Repository of PowerBI presentations.