Maximilian Lau

Web Developer

Portrait of Maximilian Lau

I'M MAXIMILIAN.

Born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area.

Former Pro Gamer and Retail Manager turned Web Developer. I was introduced to the world of coding after being asked to create a website for a wedding. Ever since, coding has become part of my life. It's a harmonious blend of design, creation and action.

"To commit to becoming a developer is to commit to continuous learning." - WPG

With coding, I can strive and am challenged to improve everyday; the knowledge is endless and always evolving!

WHAT I DO

EXPLORE

Never stop exploring. New places, new activities, new restaurants, the world is your oyster.

DEVELOP

Create wireframes for new projects; Putting my acquired skills to the task and code elegant, responsive websites.

IMPROVE

Take action and improve with each challenge; Be it new knowledge or PRs in physical activity.

EXPERIENCE

Web Developer

Juno College of Technology

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UX Design

2020 - Jan 2021

Immersive Developer Full-Time Bootcamp

February 2020 - June 2020

Web Developer / Designer (Volunteer)

Digital Main Street

2020

- Built Shopify stores and designed elements for over 10 small businesses in Toronto to assist them in adapting to online during COVID-19

Web Developer Certificates

Harvard University - CS50x Computer Science

2019

Freecodecamp - Front End Certificates

2019

Store Management [Mentor]

Shoppers Drug Mart

2014 - 2020

- Trained and mentored store management candidates

- Lead teams of over 50 employees

- Annual nation-wide finalist for management of the year

University of Toronto

Forensics/Psychology

2008 - 2013

Streamer && Sponsored Pro Gamer

Twitch

2012 - 2014

MY WORK

movie Overload project

movieOverload

movieOverload allows users to query a movie name. From the list of results, each movie will initiate multiple APIs call for ratings and the app aggregates them to help quickly solve movie overchoice.

React | APIs | HTML | CSS

Gollum Souls project

Gollum Souls

You fall asleep and when you awake you find yourself in a battle of wits against Gollum. Classic counting game with easy or Dark Souls mode.

Javascript | jQuery | HTML | CSS

iDemograph

iDemograph

iDemograph is a webapp that allows users to place an image URL. The app will analyze the picture, try to identify each person in the photo and guess his/her age, sex, and ethnic group. The app keeps track of how many times the user has used the app. Login information is protected by bcrypt and the backend database is run on Heroku.

REACT | APIs | POSTGRESQL | EXPRESS.JS | BCRYPT

Future Developer Website Creator Project

Developer Coming Soon...

Developer Coming Soon is a website that generates landing pages for soon to be developers. Users fill a form, select images, shown a mockup, and finally given the code split in HTML and CSS to save.

REACT | APIs | CSS | Mob Programming

multi page mockup

Sunshine

Travel Agency multi-page responsive website based on PSD

HTML | SCSS | Responsive Design

Email Transcript Sample

Blue Nile Email Transcript

Mock up created from an image of an Email Transcript. Uses classic html and inline CSS (ie: tables & styling) to maximize compatibility.

HTML | CSS | Email | Responsive Design

WORK && EXPERIENCE WITH

  • HTML5

  • CSS3

  • Javascript

  • React

  • jQuery

  • SASS

  • Github

  • Firebase

  • VScode

  • Photoshop

  • Figma

  • Mailchimp