Eliot Sanford's Portfolio

Eliot Sanford

Software Engineering Contractor

Welcome to my portfolio page!

I'm excited to share with you some things about me, what I can do, and have created, plus some comments from other engineers.

Please browse below and contact me via the form at the bottom of this page, Twitter, LinkedIn,or my email.

Things About Me

I'm currently seeking a full-time JavaScript role and provide consultation for small businesses as a React.js software engineering contractor.

I've been teaching myself code over the past five years. My passion for programming started when I was automating tasks in one of my previous roles as database support at law firms. Since discovering the magic of programming, I've consistently been learning on my own and have grown my skillset to include front-end and back-end web development.

I've poured myself into countless hours of self-study and joined online study groups in my spare time where I could share knowledge with others. My passions for sharing my knowledge led me to become a meetup organizer, a workshop instructor, and, eventually, a high school web development teacher.

In 2018, I started working for myself as a tech consultant, where I have the pleasure of building websites, tools, and applications for businesses. In the Spring of 2020, I completed a local back-end coding bootcamp program to mainly fill some knowledge gaps in my back-end programming skills and receive career counselling.

To this day, I enjoy ever increasing my skills through creating personal projects, organizing coding study groups, and delivering web apps to clients. Please review my portfolio and résumé below to see some of those projects. I appreciate that you've read this far and would love to chat with you.

View my Résumé

Things I Can Do

web development books next to a small cactus

JavaScript
React JS
Node JS
Express JS
MongoDB
SQL
Git
CSS3
SASS
HTML5

Things I Have Created

hands on a mac laptop keyboard shot from above

React JS & Node JS Sites

I've poured out my heart and soul into these handful of projects.

man with colorful socks seated in a chair crossed-legged reading javascript & jquery

Vanilla JavaScript Sites

I have created some sample sites with JS.

stack of books with html & css book at the bottom

Pure HTML and CSS Sites

I have mastered pure HTML and CSS through teaching others the basics.

Coding class express poster at the Bolden Moore Library on March 7, 2020

Teaching & Mentor Experiences

Since 2018, I have been an instructor and mentor to others

Things Developers Have Said

I've known Eliot for a few years, having attended church together. Eliot is not only of great moral character, but also a tenacious individual in the pursuit of his goals.

Eliot approached me wanting to learn about software development just a couple of years ago, and in a short time has learned far more about the topic than I came close to in my first two years — and all of this while just learning in his free time and also having a wife and children.

Eliot is and will continue to be a great contributor to society. He has a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a determination to accomplish whatever is in front of him.

May 2020

- J.C. Hiatt, Software Engineer and Conference/Meetup Organizer

@jchiatt jc@jchiatt.com

I had the great pleasure of teaching Eliot at the Mississippi Coding Academy where I have been the night class instructor since the beginning of the year. He is a fast learner, an inspiring student, and a helpful peer.

When we started working on group projects in class, Eliot was extremely helpful both in the questions he asked and the actions he took, rolling his chair over to classmates (back when that was a thing) and helping them along. He would then continue working on the project after class, planning out next steps, finding which issues could help other students grow, and developing new questions for the next lecture. Eliot is someone who is genuinely motivated to understand problems and help teams get to solutions.

If you need any more specific information please do not hesitate to email me, and I would be happy to elaborate further.

August 2020

- Levi, Senior Software Engineer and Bootcamp Instructor

Levi.Ross.King@gmail.com

Contact Me

Look forward to hearing from you!