Hao Liu

Who Am I:

• 21 years old (1994)

I'm Hao, AKA Michael.

I've loved technology since I was very young, ever since receiving my first console, the Nintendo 64.

End of this year, Ill have an degree in Computing and Software Systems and would have learnt new languages and technologies to make cool stuff I've always wanted.

My career goals has always been making apps for portable devices, a good example would be the current trending smart watches. As well as being a professional web developer.

My hype to achieving these goals spiked last year as I took 3 major subjects for my course, these 3 subjects made me understand more what needs to be done to become what I wanted. It also introduced me to the usability and user experience aspect of modern technology.

As the years go by, I gathered many experiences and skills. The one I find most important to me is how it changed my philosophy when developing. Which is heavily linked to the UI and UX aspects of development. It is easy to create a piece of software, it may be complicated, very useful, but hard to use. But it is far more difficult to make something that is intuitive to the user, simple to use, as well as being useful.

Education:

2015 - BSc (Computing and Software Systems)

Key Subjects:

• IT Project
• Usability Engineering
• Web Information Technologies
• Graphics and Interaction
• Software Modeling and Design
• Artificial Intelligence

Experiences in IT/Computing:

• 2 years experience Java, C, Python, iOS
• 3 years experience in Ruby (Ruby on Rails framework for web dev)

Unprofessional Experiences:

Web Developer for Ricky Tours

• This is a basic self project I've started during the 2015 winter break holidays, it is mainly to gain more experiences in making responsive websites with the Ruby on Rails framework. It was a quick 1 day marathon, I am still adding more features in it now and then.
• The link to the website is provided below in the work presentation section. (Load time may be fairly long as it is hosted free of charge by Heroku.)