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Hello, I'm Mika!
Software Engineer with a flair for all user experience related things.Based in Southern California. Feeling Supersonic 24/5. After hours, I eat my salted caramel Häagen-Dazs and watch the ill-fated Lakers waste another season of Austin Reaves' career.#PovertyFranchise🥊
Mika Shanela Carodan
Based in Southern California. Feeling Supersonic 24/5. After hours, I eat Häagen-Dazs + watch the Lakers waste another season of Austin Reaves' career. Also, #HayleyWilliamsTop5Ever🗿
KABO!
Co-Creator and Web Developer
A creativity-driven design studio based in California
meThinks...
Lead Developer & Product Manager
A Twitter-BeReal-style, spontaneous-posting social media app
Citrus Hack
Lead Developer & On-Call Support Engineer
UCR's Premier Hackathon Event (largest in California Inland Empire) with 725+ hackers
R-Parts
Front-end Developer
Secondhand Marketplace for UCR students seeking parts for engineering classes
Garf AI
Full-stack Developer & Product Owner
AI-powered personal assistant to streamline our friend group's daily workflows
mika - ~/wakatime
mika - ~/wakatime
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88 hrs 40 mins (03/27/23-04/03/23)
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19 hrs 21 mins (03/30/23)
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project-methinks, citrushack2023, portfolio
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javascript, css, typescript
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10 hrs 9 mins
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2 hrs 17 mins
Experience (2019 - Present)
KABO! studio
Working as a freelance web developer serving businesses across California. I talk to clients and oversee an entire project's lifecycle - from designs, development, testing, and maintenance of the website.
August 2023 - Present
Hack IV: Last Dance
bioLink won 'Best Overall' in my last college hackathon. One last "hoorah" as I bid goodbye to UC Riverside.
May 2023 - Bio Hack
Web Developer Lead
I spearheaded the front-end for CitrusHack.com. I also assumed On-Call Technial Support responsibilities to tend to bugs and user feedbacks during the website's launch week.
Winter-Spring 2023 - Citrus Hack
ACM Project Developer
UC Riverside's Computer Science club! We build projects that enhance student life at the school. I took part in building the 'bitByBit' and 'R'Parts' projects as a full-stack developer.
Fall 2022-Spring 2023 - UC Riverside
Hack III: Intern Takes Home Silver
In a grueling 2-day event battling against 110+ other SWE interns, wrxSpace won '2nd Place' at my internship's hackathon event.
Summer 2022 - Northwestern Mutual Tech Intern Hackathon
NMTech Instructor Assistant
Assisted in teaching 15 High-Schoolers learn basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.
Summer 2022 - Milwaukee
Software Engineer Intern
I interned for the best team - The Innovation Team, and worked at the best office space, called Cream City Labs. We were in charge of ideating and developing new app ideas for the company.
Summer 2022 - Northwestern Mutual
Hack II: Back To Back
Second hackathon appearance and our project, Scotty Maps, won 'Best Use of Google Cloud'!
April 2022 - Citrus Hack
Hack I: Rookie Success
In my first hackathon (and first-time ever touching web dev), Planet Her Won 'Best Space App' & 'Best UI/UX'.
January 2022 - Rose Hack
GPU Research Intern
Explored ways in improving power-saving mechanisms in AMD GPUs. Wrote a research paper and presented at multiple conferences.
Summer 2021 - MacREU Research
First Line of Code!
C++ in CS010 at UC Riverside! This is also where I earned my Bachelor in Computer Science and Business, graduating with Cum Laude honors. Chef's kiss, 10/10 people.
2019-2023 - UC Riverside
Experience (2019 - Present)
KABO! studio
Working as a freelance web developer serving businesses across California. I talk to clients and oversee an entire project's lifecycle - from designs, development, testing, and maintenance of the website.
August 2023 - Present
Hack IV: Last Dance
bioLink won 'Best Overall' in my last college hackathon. One last "hoorah" as I bid goodbye to UC Riverside.
May 2023 - Bio Hack
Web Developer Lead
I spearheaded the front-end for CitrusHack.com. I also assumed On-Call Technial Support responsibilities to tend to bugs and user feedbacks during the website's launch week.
Winter-Spring 2023 - Citrus Hack
ACM Project Developer
UC Riverside's Computer Science club! We build projects that enhance student life at the school. I took part in building the 'bitByBit' and 'R'Parts' projects as a full-stack developer.
Fall 2022-Spring 2023 - UC Riverside
Hack III: Intern Takes Home Silver
In a grueling 2-day event battling against 110+ other SWE interns, wrxSpace won '2nd Place' at my internship's hackathon event.
Summer 2022 - Northwestern Mutual Tech Intern Hackathon
NMTech Instructor Assistant
Assisted in teaching 15 High-Schoolers learn basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.
Summer 2022 - Milwaukee
Software Engineer Intern
I interned for the best team - The Innovation Team, and worked at the best office space, called Cream City Labs. We were in charge of ideating and developing new app ideas for the company.
Summer 2022 - Northwestern Mutual
Hack II: Back To Back
Second hackathon appearance and our project, Scotty Maps, won 'Best Use of Google Cloud'!
April 2022 - Citrus Hack
Hack I: Rookie Success
In my first hackathon (and first-time ever touching web dev), Planet Her Won 'Best Space App' & 'Best UI/UX'.
January 2022 - Rose Hack
GPU Research Intern
Explored ways in improving power-saving mechanisms in AMD GPUs. Wrote a research paper and presented at multiple conferences.
Summer 2021 - MacREU Research
First Line of Code!
C++ in CS010 at UC Riverside! This is also where I earned my Bachelor in Computer Science and Business, graduating with Cum Laude honors. Chef's kiss, 10/10 people.
2019-2023 - UC Riverside
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