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Michael 🧡

Welcome!

Thanks for visiting my website. I use this website to showcase some of my recent programming projects, photography, and short resume is available to view. If you'd like to send me a message please use the web form linked "Contact" above.

Example Projects & Programming

FullStackOpen Full Stack Web Dev w/ MERN Stack Full stack web application development utilizing MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS. Testing with Jest and end-to-end using Cypress. TypeScript, REST APIs, GraphQL, and React Native included. This is my coursework in University of Helsinki's MOOC FullStackOpen 2020. C++ Practice & Notes C++ Assignments, practice problems, notes, and other C++ related things. This repository is not a single project, it is a collection of programs I have practiced writing in C++, and a partial documentation of my learning progress. www.parsakia.com HTML / CSS / JS The purpose of this project was to refresh my knowledge of web development and act as a sort of playground to try new things. The repository contains the live code for this website. JavaScript Practice JS / jQuery / Regex JavaScript practice problems, notes, and assignments; mainly a compilation of smaller works and concepts. Some jQuery too! OSRS Duel Simulator C++ CLI Inspired by monte-carlo simulations, this is a simulator for duel arena staking outcomes in Oldschool Runescape. The program simulates 1 million duels (gambles), comparing in-game levels, tests which player has PID, and outputs the percentage chance to win the stake. GitHub Browse my profile... Check out some of the other repositories I have on my github profile too!


Michael Parsakia

Summary

Full stack developer experienced in web and mobile software development.

The information below is a brief summary of skills.

Detailed information such as work experience is available on my LinkedIn profile.
You may also request a copy of my full resume via the contact form.

Contact

Please use the contact form to send me a message.


Location

Remote Preferred

Los Angeles, CA

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

— B.A. w/ Specialization in Computing

Specialization is similar to a minor in Computer Science


Certifications

FullStackOpen - Full Stack Web Application Development

Coursera - Google IT Support & Course on Python

Google Digital Garage - Digital Marketing

SoloLearn - C++ – Javascript – HTML – CSS

Technical Skills

Web & Application Development

Languages – JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML 5, CSS 3, Python, C++

Frontend – React, React Native, Expo, Apollo Client, Redux, Mantine UI, UI Libraries

Backend – Apollo Server, Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose, JWT, Serverless, Next.js

Others – Jest, Cypress, Yarn, NPM, Git, GitHub, Linux, VS Code, JSON, GCP, Firebase, Stripe, NoSQL, Microsoft Office


Other Skills

Leadership, Teamwork, Computer Repair, Research, Photography, Photoshop, Lightroom



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