Hello! My name is

Gina Hong.

I design, research, and code.

I'm a UBC Cognitive Systems student interested in building and designing websites and applications!

About Me.

Hello! I’m Gina, a fourth-year Cognitive Systems student at UBC.

I’m interested in developing practical solutions to everyday problems. I’m constantly learning more about programming and enjoy the challenges that come with it.

When I’m not building and learning, I’m playing my guitar 🎸, designing stickers 🎨, or cooking 🍳!

I am searching for a developer position in 2020 May-August!

Experience.

Undergrad Teaching Assistant @ UBC

SEP 2017 - JUL 2019

Guide students through a course-long database project where students are tasked with creating an application that utilizes the students’ own database design (CPSC304).
Helped students in weekly 3-hour labs that introduced students to systematic methods of solving hard design problems. (CPSC110)
Give mini-lectures and advise Vantage College students in weekly tutorials (CPSC110)

Research Assistant @ Learningbranch

MAY 2018 - JAN 2019

Tested the automated speech recognition system by compiling a list of similar phonemes and applying this linguistic understanding to test various usage scenarios. (Testing)
Assisted with literature review, prototyping, and testing of the automated soft-skill assessment system. (Research & Prototyping w/ Python)
Analyze and visualize survey data given by clients to identify key features the company would need to integrate. (Data analysis & Python).

UX Designer @ UBC Launchpad

SEP 2017 - MAY 2018

As the iOS team UX designer, I was tasked with creating wireframes and prototypes using various tools such as Sketch, Figma, and AdobeXD. (Sketch, Figma, AdobeXD).
In order to determine our semester-long projects, we analyzed various applications in our domain-of-interest to more clearly identify the direction of our application. (Competitor Analysis)
Two-week sprints and weekly scrum standup meetings helped organize every team member’s task and provided a quick feedback loop during development. (Scrum/Agile process)

Projects.

Web Development

Personal Website

My second try at building and designing my personal website! (this time using Gatsby.js)
I built the website by referencing Gatsby documentation, Andrew Mead's gatsby tutorial, and Brittany Chiang's website.