I'm Wei Wen

While majoring in business at UC Berkeley, I focused on product development and entrepreneurship. I partook in various software applications and physical products development projects. As I worked with many engineers, I started to become more interested in programing as much as I am with business models development. Upon my graduation, I decided to become a Ruby on Rails full-stack engineer with a business mindset, and the first step was to join DevBootcamp, a 19-week intensive coding training program.

I started with solo challenges to develop independent learning ability. In order to be an excellent team player, I also participated in engineer empathy trainings and extensive pair programing. By practicing Agile development in all projects, I turned the principle into action. For my final project for the program, I worked with three teammates to build a fully functional application, using the knowledge and skills acquired thus far.

Graduating from DevBootcamp, I built a platform for SmartConnect, a startup that matches homestays and international students. I also took on side projects using various technologies such as Node.js and Angularjs. While the fast-paced startup life was enjoyable, I was eager to learn and develop more as an engineer by joining a larger team. Fortunately, I was selected into Uber’s software apprentice program this summer. Despite Uber’s fast-paced working environment, I was beating all deadlines by days, learning Python and Go, and starting to contribute to the projects by the second week. More specifically, I designed serialization algorithms in Python and Golang, and learned to design performance tests to choose the best algorithm. I also wrote serialization module in Go with Test Driven Development for Uber’s authorization service that is used over 50,000 users. By working on cross-services modules, I learned to effectively communicate with different teams in a large corporation. Currently, I am building a personalized group journal application using Rails and React.js.

Graduating from a top undergraduate business program, others might tell me to follow the “easy way” by finding a business-oriented job. However, I am driven by my passion in learning and growing into a full-stack engineer with a business mindset. I want to find the team where I can continue my journey while my programming experiences and urge for growth will add great value to the team.