Clarice Bouwer

I do the usual stuff like designing, developing, implementing, testing, and maintaining a fully integrated backend and frontend solution for Simply Financial Services and its partners although my focus has shifted to Developer and User Experience.

Work in a team to develop and maintain fully integrated life insurance systems for the company. Develop and support a React frontend library for the company's User Experience.

Read about familiarizing yourself with the Chrome DevTools. Debugging is an art form. Often, it feels like you need a series of serendipitous insights to fix a complicated bug. In reality, you need two things: technical knowledge to spot broader patterns and connections, and data on the bug itself to understand the problem.

I moved to Clojure and Datomic working in a DevOps powered virtualization environment. I develop software across the stack from web to infrastructure using Linux.

March 20, 2018, we worked on the same team

John commends me as an exceptional and collaborative team member, praising my commitment to exceeding expectations, technical competence, and eagerness to continually learn and grow.

March 7, 2018, we worked on the same team

Suzaan commends me as a versatile and thoughtful developer, highlighting my ability to lead and collaborate effectively, particularly during our work together on the DStv Now project, where I consistently sought innovative, customer-centric solutions, promoted agility in delivery, and prioritized quality, earning Suzaan's full recommendation.

March 7, 2018, we worked on the same team

Maneesh commends me for my exceptional knowledge and extensive experience in real-world implementations across various web, app, and software solutions, noting my commitment to refining skills, adherence to industry standards, and valuable contributions as an intelligent and questioning team player, expressing a strong desire to work with me again and highly recommending me to others.

Listen to the episode where I talk about collaboration, empathy, fear, and being an impostor. My top 3 tips for delivering more value: Reflect, inspect, and adapt Be empathetic Perfection is an illusion

Listen to the episode where I talk about imposter syndrome, what it is and how to overcome it. Join us as we learn about this and other issues around the often overlooked topics of mental well-being. Inspired by Scott Hanselman's "I'm a phony. Are you?" post, I blogged about my own experiences with feeling like an imposter. This well written post landed her interviews on two other podcasts, ours, and the Reddit front page. I later presented at Rubyfuza 2017 and a recent Jozi.rb. This post and other well researched posts focuses a lot on how important mental health & well-being is and shares a lot things we can do to look after ourselves. Resources I'm a phony. Are you? The Fear Behind the Scenes Developer on Fire 202 Pauline Rose Clance Imposter Syndrome Test Headspace Accidentally destroyed production database on first day of a job, and was told to leave, on top of this i was told by the CTO that they need to get legal involved, how screwed am i?

Read my frustrations and burn-out and how I started to use the mistakes I was making to find ways to improve my well-being Collaborating with Rose Weisburd, I wrote about burn out and falling behind in technology." "I learned a lot in my career and shared how I found opportunities in the mistakes I made.

Appointed to work permanently, I continued my work in a SCRUM team working on the Video On Demand offering including Live Streaming integrating with multiple microservice touch points. I showed exemplary leadership qualities and worked well within the team.

Britehouse, formerly known as 3Fifteen, placed me at DStv Digital Media. I joined an Agile SCRUM team focusing on production based voting solutions such as Idols, Big Brother and Survivor. I later joined the DStv Now web team.

In the Cross Media Solutions department, I was responsible for the development and maintenance of automated processes and custom development integration with XMPie for on-demand variable data printing solutions.

May 23, 2012, my client

David praises me for my dedication and hard work in developing a critical transactional web portal, highlighting my flexibility in accommodating changes throughout the project milestones, and commending my excellent attention to detail and creativity in overcoming challenges with viable alternatives.

April 18, 2012, my client

Amory describes me as a fantastic team asset, emphasizing her remarkable commitment to delivery and attention to detail.

I was promoted from Junior Web Developer to Lead Senior Web Developer in 2010. I was responsible for developing, deploying and supporting custom event registration websites in production and mentoring other software developers within our team.

I was responsible for developing, enhancing and supporting the internal Global Hotel Reservation web application used by in-house agents. I liaised with them to develop rich features that would save them time and optimize their workflow.

I completed a diploma in Computer Science and one in Information Technology through a self-paced study program. One diploma was through a bursary from the institute. As an instructor, I was responsible for developing pre-test material, hosting workshops, marking projects and exams and maintaining a low failure rate.

Information Systems Software Development (2004) - 83%, Computer Science - Internet Development (2004) - 86% VB.NET Certificate - 93%

I was a freelance web designer for local companies including the Springs Advertiser (local newspaper), Stable Inn and Elco Steel.

I passed on Higher Grade with University exception, represented the student council twice, was school newspaper Layout Editor and then Editor in Chief and Webmaster of the school's IT college.