Danielle Vivian Bussy

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Welcome to my website! Here you will get to know me a bit better by viewing details about who I am, what I have done, where I have been, as well as where I aim to go. Enjoy the story of an insightful psychologist transformed into an aspiring software engineer!

About Me

My name is Danielle Bussy and I am a young lady with a strong academic background, who is now on an exciting journey towards becoming a successful software engineer! My story is interesting because it starts with a background masters' degree in clinical psychology, which enabled me to acquire valuable personal development strengths and insight into compassionate interactions, as well as a useful understanding of the complexity of human beings in our modern era.

I am passionate about modern technological applications that are meaningful to people because at the end of the day, if our technical creations are not bettering the lives of others out there (i.e. individual users, groups, businesses etc.) then the purpose or intent of our designs must be called into question. Meaningful is a broad term but in my view, when related to software systems, it should meet the criteria of being awe-inspiring to end users, by giving them a great experience with a product, that would naturally impress on them the desire to share it with others!

I am the type of person who enjoys a challenging work environment and therefore, I decided to branch out on a new venture to expand my creative, intellectual, problem-solving skills by enrolling in a Software Engineering Bootcamp. I thoroughly enjoy programming because it motivates me to engage in out-of-the-box thinking and allows me to create logical, efficient, innovative systems that can be used anywhere in the world with the powerful, far-reaching access of the web.

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My Education

  1. Senior Matric Certificate:  Durban Girls' High School. Completed with high A level aggregate.
  2. Bachelor of Social Sciences:  University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Completed with Summa Cum Laude.
  3. Bachelor of Social Sciences Honors:  University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Completed with Cum Laude.
  4. Masters in Clinical Psychology:  University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Completed Internship and Course-work year.
  5. Software Engineering Bootcamp:  Hyperion Development. Currently completing final level 3.
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Work Experience

Programming Projects

Projects in the Hyperion Development Software Engineering Bootcamp

Danielle Bussy 2020
  1. Finance Calculator:  This program was designed for use by a small financial company, to allow them access to two different financial calculators namely; an investment calculator and a home loan repayment calculator. This is written in the Python language.
  2. Functioning PyGame:  This Pygame project is a game program written in the Python language. The aim of this task was to develop skills to adapt to working with novel code libraries. Therefore, a simple Pygame program example was provided as a base to write our own game, according to the task level specifications. This simple game includes one 'player' object, three 'enemy' objects and one 'prize' object.
  3. Project Management System: The Task Manager Project is a program written in the Python language. The program was designed to assist a small business in managing tasks assigned to each member of a team. This includes creating, storing, displaying and editing tasks and related information to and from text files. 
  4. Advanced Project Management System:  The Poised Project is a program written the Java language. The program is designed to be a project management system for a small structural engineering firm called 'Poised'. The company Poised works on various buildings in an engineering capacity to ensure structural integrity. The Java program was written to assist the company in keeping track of the many projects that they work on.
  5. Poised Database Project:  The Poised Database Project is a program written the Java language. The aim of this project was to enhance the previous 'Poised Project Final' in Capstone Project 5, by incorporating database programming into the project management system in place of external text files to store data. A small structural engineering company could use this program to keep track of various building projects that they are working on. A database called 'PoisePMS' was created to store project data, and the dependency diagram, as well as the Entity Relationship diagram in this repository, show the relationships between the tables in the PoisePMS database. Code was written in the Java language to then interact with the database, as well as provide a main user menu.