Jake Walklate

Experience

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  You Connect

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Work Experience

  - Attended a workshop for gaining experience in the entertainment industry.- Programmed a radio segment to be broadcasted live on air.

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  Academy of Interactive Entertainment

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Work Experience

  - Selected by the school to attend a competitive work experience course on video game development for recognition of talent.- Studied 3D animation and software development.

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  McDonald's

  Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

  Crew Member

  - Use automated kitchen tools to cook and process meat.- Assemble burgers and wraps in a timely fashion.- Held the quickest line time in the country for New Year’s Eve while understaffed. - Compliance with procedures and training material.- Followed WH&S and CYG practises.- Left to get my first full-time job working in tech as a fibre optic cable runner and splicer.- During my employment the store was consistently on the leaderboard for being the quickest deli producer in the country. Show less

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  Schokman

  Feb 2015 - Dec 2015

  Fiber Optic Technician

  - Connected houses to the national broadband network by splicing, stripping and testing fibre optic cables.- Liaised with customers to provide internet connective services by handing out my personal phone number.- Lost my job due to not owning a car.

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  Goodwil

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Construction Laborer

  - Labored for my uncle's construction company while studying at TAFE for pocket money.- Carried bricks, wood, metal and other supplies to and from construction sites.- Dug holes and filled wheel barrows with dirt, and other supplies.- Held items such as frames in place working as a team member to support the builders.- Swept and cleaned job sites, also cleaned and detailed work trucks regularly.- Left to complete my unfinished high school diploma with the long term goal of getting into programming. Show less

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  Erina Leagues Club

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Kitchenhand

  - Worked casually as a kitchen hand while studying at the University of Newcastle.- Dishwashing and cleaning responsibilities.- Assist with kitchen duties such as cleaning, changing oil, keeping stock adequately levelled and helping wait staff clear venue tables.- Time management, reliability and closing of kitchen.- Left my job after a relationship breakup involving a girlfriend and university stress concurrently, also left university at this time

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  Franks Pizza, Coffee and More

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Service Delivery Supervisor

  - Calculated bills and tips mentally and handled money, ensuring all cash was accounted for.- Deliver pizzas and communicate with customers.- Train new staff on how to cook, clean, deliver, take orders, and interact with customers.- Lost my job due to my car breaking down and not being able to deliver pizzas.

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  Monas Chinese Kitchen

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Delivery Driver
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  ClockOn Australia

  Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

  Analyst Programmer

  - Converted a legacy windows application from Delphi into C# and Javascript for modern day web browsers in an agile environment.- C# ASP.NET application development including SQL, JavaScript, and jQuery.- Work in an agile development environment in a team of two working independently on web projects.- Testing code, deploying databases, creating UI/UX elements.- Left my job to pursue a further technology education and relocate to the city.- Trained management on new tools to create cross platform friendly web applications. Show less

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  Sa2.gg

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  Developer

  - Joined a team of developers to create a revolutionary game sever application for Grand Theft Auto V which included a connected and seamless offline and online experience with a custom built and designed forum software and a coupled in-game messaging, statistics and control mechanism to allow continuous interaction and deep immersive and realistic playtime.- Used Node.JS and MongoDB in a MERN stack.- Project was cancelled by the boss.

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  Coreable

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Technology Development Manager

  - Joined a team of dynamic cross disciplinary graduates from UTS startups to invest in the creation of an application centred around measuring skills capability using academic frameworks to reduce on-boarding costs of hiring new job applicants.- Communicated concepts and ideas to stakeholders including the project's management, timelines and expected release dates from sprint to sprint.- Mentor junior developers on coding practices, library usage and best habits.- Created an application using SQL, GoogleCloud, Typescript, NodeJS, GraphQL, ReactJS and bootstrap.- Coreable is the winner of the 2018 Hatchery @ University of Technology Sydney.- Project was cancelled after a lack of interest from investors.Coreable was designed to answer a question, "with the coming fourth industrial revolution of artificial intelligence, what skills will make a person employable?". It was determined that soft skills were the top players in the coming new business landscape and we needed a way to measure these skills effectively, thus coreable was born. I joined the team late, as their first back-end/fullstack developer and I delivered an API to see the successful launch of the company's product. Show less

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  Medicamina

  Feb 2022 - now

  Founder

  - Founded a startup dedicated to changing the practice of medicine from traditional methods of prescription to a precision medicine approach using whole genome sequencing and databases preventing pharmacogenetic misdiagnosis.- Developing a cross-platform application using Flutter, SQL, material design and Microsoft Azure with the dart programming language available on desktop, mobile and watchOS for seamless client-consultant information flow.

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  Frangos Charcoal Chicken

  Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

  Waiter

  - Provide excellent customer service to patrons.- Serve food and drinks responsibly and in an impressive matter. - Conflict resolution with table bookings and walk ins.- Lost my job due to COVID lockdowns.

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  Mr Minit

  Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

  Crew Member

  - Cut keys- 3D print- Laser engrave- Repair shoes

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  PATTYSMITHS SMASHING BURGERS

  Sept 2024 - now

  Crew Member

  - Cook