PoAn (Baron) Chen Software Engineer at Microsoft

About Me

I am a Software Engineer whose ultimate goal is very simple. "Help other developers to get unstuck." By writing blog about things that I got stuck with, I hope that, by reading my blog, it will help them to get unstuck and allow them to quickly resolve the issue that they are having. And, move on to the next big thing! So far, I have written 56 of them since Oct, 2016. And for sure, they will keep coming. Check them out!

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Victoria.
• Graduated in June, 2018.

Work experience

• Software Engineer at Microsoft
  Sep. 2019 to Present
  - Azure IoT
• SDE Intern at illumina inc.
  Jan. 2017 to Sep. 2017
  - Mostly worked on the RESTful API and UI side of the BaseSpace Clarity LIMS .
• Software Developer Co-op at ACD Systems International Inc.
  Jan. 2016 to Aug. 2016
  - Half of the time worked on the UI side of the acdID User Portal and another half of the time worked on the UI side of their official site.
• Web Developer (Freelance, Remote) at Ace Personnel Domestic Services Inc.
  Feb. 2016 to June. 2016
  - Mostly worked on recreating their online job application form.
• Full Stack Developer, Social Media Marketing (Part-time, Remote) at 2Think1 Solutions Inc.
  Apr. 2015 to Aug. 2017
  - Worked on various things including adding UnionPay payment method to the site as well as making their IELTS lesson videos load faster.

Projects

• Personal tech blog - share my technical knowledge back with the world. Used Jekyll to build the site. Achieved 15k Google search visits per month along with 25.2k page views monthly and 50+ Disqus comments in total.
• Google Play Music playlist exporter - a Chrome extension that allows user to export playlist to Spotify quickly.
• WooCommerce CSV importer - a WordPress plugin that allows user to import multiple products into WooCommerce with single CSV file (column order can be customized).
• BattleSnake - an AI Snake that fights against other snakes in the classic snake game. Entered semi-final classic division out of 100+ teams.
• To-do list - a progressive web app that makes it easy for user to plan their day.
• Simple Philips Hue iOS app - a simple Philips Hue app that allows user to control their light.

For more information, please head over to my LinkedIn or view the PDF version of my résumé.