About Nicholas Wellcome

About Nicholas

Education

A.S. in Computer Science from Dutchess Community College
Graduated May, 2008.

B.S. in Applied Math with Computer Science Minor from Stony Brook University
Graduated May, 2010.


Skills

Languages

 
 
HTML
lvl 18 Quirksmaster
The Quirksmaster does not fear seeing his
code rendered in IE for the first time. No, he relishes in
that moment for he knows that whatever bizarre broken box
model bug looms, it will be defeated.
 
 
CSS
lvl 15 Cross-browser Operator
The Cross-browser Operator does not see
the rendered page, he sees only the box model. The wayward margin,
the imperfect pixel, they stand out to him like the sun in the sky.
 
 
JavaScript
lvl 18 Jquery Fiend
To the Jquery Fiend the question is never
"can it be done with javaScript" but rather "should it be done
with javaScript". The asnwer: yes; given that it improves
the experience of the javaScript user without infringing on
the non-javaScript user.
 
 
PHP
lvl 12 Zend Initiate
The Zend Initiate has a favorite set of
flags to compile PHP with. He has written his own modules for
some open source PHP-based CMS.
 
 
Shell Scripting
lvl 8 Bash Head
The Bash Head can't stand to not automate
something he might do again.
 
 
Perl
lvl 3 Camel Caretaker
The Camel Caretaker has wrangled depenency
trees to stitch together a Perl project and not much else.
 
 
Java
lvl 9 Generic Coder
The Generic Coder spent 4 years using
exclusively in Java college classes. He knows more about the
intracacies of Java and Unit Testing than he cares to talk about.
 
 
Python
lvl 2 Pythonic Novice
The Pythonic Novice appreciates Python
for it's symplicity but rarely thinks to use it.
 
 
Assembly
lvl 4 Hex Editor
The Hex Editor knows his way around a
memory dump though he needs his reference handbook.

Applications

 
 
Apache
lvl 12 Mod Rewriter
The Mod Rewriter is a tricky sonofagun,
he knows how to optimize a single-server site and a thing or
two about security in shared-server situation but only
manages his own test servers.
 
 
MySQL
lvl 9 Apprentice Optimagician
The Apprentice Optimagician has taken classes
in database design and generally knows how to keep things up
and running.
 
 
Photoshop
lvl 17 Adobe Addict
The Adobe Addict simply cannot get by without
photoshop. When every image has to be perfect, it is indespensible.



Work

  • Fall 2006 - Fall 2007: Teaching Learning Center at Dutchess Community College
    The mission of the TLC is to help the faculty at Dutchess keep up with modern teaching technology in the classroom and online. My primary role as a student working there was to help maintain Blackboard (an online course management system) and teach faculty how to use it. I was also able to do ad-hoc web development projects with faculty so long as it pertained to their class. Being a student acting as assistant to faculty was an enlightening position and one that I very much enjoy. Faculty come from a wide variety of disciplines so I had to adjust my style of working in language and practice on an individual basis.
  • Spring 2008 - Fall 2008: Community Relations and Graphics at Dutchess Community College
    When I graduated from Dutchess I continued to work there as a "web support specialist" intern. I helped keep the college website going while the department was concerned with developing the new one to be rolled out in the next semester.
  • Summer 2008 - Fall 2008: Ashworth Creative
    As a web developer, threw together something like 6 gorgeous websites in two months with a bloody amazing design-aholic designer then had to move to Long Island to continue school.
  • Fall 2009 - Summer 2011: TLT Media Lab at Stony Brook
    More ad-hoc web projects. More details as events warrant.
  • Summer 2011 - Present: Athenium
    Professional Services Engineer (Software Engineer/Client Integration)



    • Family

    Several members of my family have their own websites that I am proud to promote: