{"id":1946,"date":"2016-07-23T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T21:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/?page_id=1946"},"modified":"2023-01-15T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T17:01:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Cindy and I create React web applications and web applications as a freelancer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CindyAtWork-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"CindyAtWork\" class=\"wp-image-703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CindyAtWork-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CindyAtWork-623x700.jpg 623w, https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CindyAtWork.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I started out as a kid fixing computers and coding games in Visual Basic 6, which was cutting edge technology at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/oldcomputer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/oldcomputer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/oldcomputer.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the internet became more widespread, I discovered the web, first with HTML\/CSS, and then by creating complex applications using PHP and ASP classic. I since then completed an electrical engineering degree, but I never could leave the web behind. I then worked 12 years after that as a developer in a medium-size business programming, reviewing code, talking about architecture, solving business problems and analyzing new features in a variety of technologies such as ASP.NET, React and native Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now working as a freelancer for startup and very small businesses building web applications in React, native Android mobile applications and React Native mobile applications, along with building out a few of my own projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m always glad to chat about software you want me to build for you, or anything interesting you may be doing. You can reach me on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CindyPtn\">@CindyPtn<\/a> or via my <a href=\"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/contact\/\">Contact Me<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1946\" data-postid=\"1946\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1946 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.cindypotvin.com\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Cindy and I create React web applications and web applications as a freelancer. I started out as a kid fixing computers and coding games in Visual Basic 6, which was cutting edge technology at the time. When the internet became more widespread, I discovered the web, first with HTML\/CSS, and then by creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946\/revisions\/4607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}