Douglas L. Watts
Douglas L. Watts
Education
- Bachelor of Science
Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Western Carolina University
GPA: 3.97 - Associates of Science
AB-Tech
GPA: 3.92
Achievements
Western Carolina University
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Dean's Outstanding Scholar in Computer Science
- Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Computer Science Awards
Current Aspirations
As a software engineer, I have some goals in progress that comprise my overall goal of gaining greater expertise in full stack web and mobile application development. I am working to increase my knowledge of the Spring Framework, learn some other backend technologies, further my understanding of Angular, learn React, learn React Native to get a start on mobile application development, and continue working to boost my SQL skills. I am also in the process of learning enough AWS and related infrastructure as code technologies to be capable of managing the devops side of things reasonably well. That is quite a lot, and it will take time to get to the level of expertise I foresee myself achieving. However, I will be an increasingly valuable asset to my company as I progress in this larger goal, and I am very excited about all of it!
Goals
- Continually develop architectural thinking
- Keep enhancing my use of AI tools
- Deepen my knowledge of the Spring Framework and FastAPI
- Broaden my knowledge of backend technologies
- Further my Angular skills
- Advance my SQL skills
- Continue learning React and React Native
- Expand my experience with infrastructure as code technologies
- Earn AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Be promoted to Senior Software Engineer
- Keep growing my Git portfolio