Nicholas Yong
Developer, writer and boulderer

Hey,

I'm Nick, a Full Stack Developer currently working in Perth.

I primarily focus on web and cloud technologies, but really I'm eager to learn about all areas of tech.

My other hobbies involve gaming, bouldering and giving speeches in my local Toastmasters.

My Journey

SoftwareONE (Goatpath)

Joined Goatpath

Left SWM to join Goatpath as a Full Stack Engineer. Goatpath as a company specialises in the optimisation of the FinOps industry, and I will be working on their core Goatpath Cloud product

September 2022

March 2022

AWS

Passed Certified Developer Exam

After a few months of self study, I passed the AWS Certified Developer Exam (with a 92!)

Seven West Media

Joined Seven West Media (The West Australian/Seven News)

I left my first job after university to join Seven West Media, one of the largest media companies in Australia as a Junior Developer.

June 2021 - August 2022

Jan 2021 - May 2021

Get2Know

Started volunteering at Get2Know

Using the Odoo Framework, I helped build a CMS platform to manage the team of volunteers at Get2Know.

Domain Group Project

Started my personal project

Inspired by the building grants, I started my personal project in creating a webapp that would analyse real estate prices.

Sep 2020

Janunary 2019

Camco Engineering

Started my first job at Camco Engineering

Soon after graduating, I joined Camco Engineering - a local engineering firm located in Canning Vale to develop their in-house business CMS. To do this, we used Gupta OpenText Team Developer, a RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool and development included work on apps such as Instrument Register, JobSheets and Employee Setup.

University of Western Australia

Graduated from UWA!

Graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Major in Computer Science and a Minor in Finance.

December 2018