Hey! I'm  a Software Engineer. a Leader. Jaylen. |

A determined engineer currently studying for a BASc at Dominican University of California. Main area of study is all things Back End Web with a mission to push the boundaries of technology.

About Me

Logically Oriented with a Love for Learning New Things

Growing up, I've always had a love for computers. What started as a curiosity rabbit hole eventually led me to where I am today.  From flask and python to express and node.js, I am always working to improve my skill in whatever ways I possibly can

Aside from coding, I have interest in other areas such as playing musical instruments (here is one of my favorite riffs to play on guitar), listening to music (I enjoy ALL genres), riding motorcycles (I've been riding dirt bikes ever since I was three years old), and many other things.

Projects

Here are some projects that I have been working on the past few months...

Appliance Notifications

Notifies users via SMS whenever their appliance starts/stops.

VALORANT Weapons API

Provides users with all publicly available stats of every weapon in VALORANT

RemindMe

User customizable reminders scheduled at any time through four methods (browser, email, text, phone call). 

Articles

A few medium articles that I have written...

How to Make Your Own Computer Vision Model With Little to No Experience 

Beginner walkthrough on creating a computer vision model through the power of online tools.

How I Created My Personal Website 

An overview of the planning and developmental process of building this site.

A Deeper Dive Into Graphs

Explaining the concepts of directed, undirected, weighted graphs and more.

Graphs vs. Trees: The Short Story

Breaking down the high-level concept of graphs and trees.

My Timeline

2007-2020 - Toutle Lake High School

High School Diploma

I spent my entire public school career at Toutle Lake. With a graduating class of only 41 students, it's safe to say that everybody knew everybody.

2016-2020 - Music Teacher

I gave both guitar and drum lessons to a few elementary school kids. Teaching them not only helped them grow as aspiring musicians, but also helped me refine my communication and leadership skills along the way.

2017-2020 - TV Station Volunteer

Throughout high school, I volunteered for our local television station, KLTV (Kelso Longview Television). We broadcasted a variety of events including local sports and political venues. I started out as a camera operator but eventually worked my way up to take on the role of director.

2018-2020 - Lower Columbia College

Through the Washington Running Start program, I was able to complete my last two years of high school by exclusively attending college classes at my local community college. This earned me a great amount of college credit.

2020-Present - Dominican University of California

BACs

DU has a two-year accelerated computer science program. This is currently the program I am in.