Wilton Ngo

My story

Looking back, the first time I was ever exposed to programming was when I was in the 5th grade and picked up a copy of “C++ For Dummies” from my local library. Unfortunately, I was unable to grasp a single concept at the time. I would encounter something similar when I signed up for a programming course in high school. However, instead of C++, we were learning Visual Basic instead. Nonetheless, the results were similar.

I eventually found myself focusing more onto sciences and eventually enrolled in the University of Waterloo for Biochemistry. However, this too would not last long as my interest in science had slowly been worn away. It was one day at the University library that my curiosity led me to the computer science section and I picked out an old hardcover book. The book was an introduction to programming with Java. Upon reading it, I felt the topics covered and explanations made perfect sense to me. So I went back day after day to read it while disregarding my responsibilities as a biochemistry student. At that point, I only cared about what else I would learn from that book.

I eventually withdrew from the University of Waterloo to enroll at Sheridan College to pursue a career in software development and I loved it. Time after time, I would see blank projects slowly take form and as I invested more and more time, the more “perfect” it would look and hence, the more rewarding it felt.

So now I seek to apply this principle whenever and wherever I can. In doing so, I have opened myself up to a diverse set of tools, frameworks, and design patterns that allows me to accomplish my goal as a front end developer in an effective way.

Accomplishments

• Mentor over 100 students from University of Toronto “Full Stack Developer” program establishing a graduation rate of ~95%. (2019)
• Developed numerous PCRs solutions yielding $10,000 - $100,000 per contract. (2017)
• Released Rogers’ “Today’s Shopping Choice” application with over 1,500,000+ active weekly users. (2017)
• Held seminars on CSS fundamentals and integrating Bootstrap framework. (2016)
• Assisted in development and launch of the InSite intranet social media platform. (2016)
• Developed an in-house ETL tool with Java that is still in use today. (2014)

Interests

Aside from web development, I love to read a good fiction book. Some of my favourites include "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick and "The Trial" by Franz Kafka.

Apart of me never grew up and still loves games. Some of my favourites included Starcraft II, Defense of the Ancients, as well as the Fire Emblem series. While nowadays I don't have the time to play games as often, I still appreciate the story, characters, and art behind them as well as the individuals and teams who created them. It was also because of this, I was very fond of game development.

For me, the great outdoors is something to behold and experience for oneself. A long hike to the top of any mountain is a test of one's endurance and the view is the reward. The sights we take in when we explore lakes, forests, volcanoes, deserts, mountains and canyons are shaped over millions of years--some of which are listed by UNESCO as having special cultural or physical significance.