+ I am a Junior Systems Administrator with a passion for building stuff. I have my
+ own homelab which I use to test my new creations on the path to my goal-career in
+ cybersecurity. At the moment, I'm a student at Griffith University.
+
+
Scoll
+
+
About Me
+
+ Since 2014, I've had an interest in programming and making things. I've made this
+ portfolio as a place for me to collate and show off some of the work that I've done.
+
+
+ At the moment, I've returned back to Uni to finish my degree after achieving a point in
+ my career that I am happy with. With the experience I've gained, and after finishing my
+ studies, my plan is to work in the cybersecurity field.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Skills & Confidence
+
+
+
+ While this isn't an exhaustive list of all my skills, it is a brief list of skills I
+ wished to highlight. Please see the next section for detailed information on how I have
+ utilised these skills in other workplaces.
+
+
+
Education & Goals
+
+
+ I am currently studying a Bachelor of Information Technology at Griffith University,
+ opting for a no major or minor option. Having previously studied Computer Science at QUT
+ from 2019-2021, I decided to take a break from study and focus on work experience. As of
+ 2023, I returned to studying at Griffith using the experiences I gained from both QUT
+ and from work.
+
+
+ From my previous work experience, employers look more for relevant skills and industry
+ knowledge over the type of degree or the majors and minors you study. The mentorship I
+ gained from those jobs was what influenced me to change my degree over, and to not
+ choose a major.
+
+
+ As time has progressed, my goals and ambitions have also adapted. Initially, I wanted to
+ be a systems administrator. Upon reaching that goal, I shifted my gaze to what I wanted
+ to do work towards, setting on cybersecurity. Given that the industry is ever-changing,
+ I felt it appropriate to not hem myself in to a single major or minor.
+
+
+
Experiences
+
+
Informal Experience
+
+ Griffith University has also been helpful in engaging me with industry panels and
+ experiences. In early 2024, one of my units had a panel with some industry experts who
+ discussed what the future of the IT industry would look like. Coming away from that
+ panel, I felt better about the path I had taken. The experts all agreed that the
+ industry is an ever-changing field, so it really doesn't make sense to stay comfortable
+ with a single expertise.
+
+
+ Another extracurricular activity I undertook was the 2023 'James-Jam'. In this activity,
+ groups were formed and given two weeks to construct a working game in p5play.js. The
+ theme was a game remniscient of Homeworld (1999). While this wasn't a competition, our
+ group did an amazing job at constructing a fully working game. You can play the game at
+ this link here. And if you
+ want to view the source code, it can be found
+ on my GitHub.
+
+
+ Outside of work experience and university, I also aim to learn new projects in my own
+ time. For example, the website you are reading this on was built by hand by me. You can
+ find the source code for this project, and others at my personal GitLab instance here
+ or my GitHub here.
+
+
+ On top of that, I also have my own homelab setup. Utilising Proxmox, I run hosts and
+ containers for various services that both me, and my friends and family enjoy. For a
+ list of services that I am running, you can visit my AWS-hosted status page here.
+
+
+ The homelab is a constantly evolving project that has given enabled me to self-teach
+ myself aspects of linux administration in a safer environment. In the future, I may have
+ a blog with some of the more interesting projects I've worked on.
+
+
+
Contact
+
+ Thanks for checking out my site, if you want to get in contact with me, you can find me
+ on GitHub, or send an email to
+ hello@nickbland.dev.
+
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Hello, my name is Nick
-
-
- I am an IT Student at Griffith University with a passion for developing neat
- things.
-
-
-
Scoll
-
-
-
-
About Me
-
- Since 2014, I've had an interest in programming and making things. I've made this
- portfolio as a place for me to collate and show off some of the work that I've done.
-
-
- At the moment, I've returned back to Uni to finish my degree after achieving a point in
- my career that I am happy with. With the experience I've gained, and after finishing my
- studies, my plan is to work in the cybersecurity field.
-
-
-
-
-
Education & Goals
-
-
- I am currently studying a Bachelor of Information Technology at Griffith University,
- opting for a no major or minor option. Having previously studied Computer Science at QUT
- from 2019-2021, I decided to take a break from study and focus on work experience. As of
- 2023, I returned to studying at Griffith using the experiences I gained from both QUT
- and from work.
-
-
- From my previous work experience, employers look more for relevant skills and industry
- knowledge over the type of degree or the majors and minors you study. The mentorship I
- gained from those jobs was what influenced me to change my degree over, and to not
- choose a major.
-
-
- As time has progressed, my goals and ambitions have also adapted. Initially, I wanted to
- be a systems administrator. Upon reaching that goal, I shifted my gaze to what I wanted
- to do work towards, setting on cybersecurity. Given that the industry is ever-changing,
- I felt it appropriate to not hem myself in to a single major or minor.
-
-
-
- Skills & Confidence
-
-
-
- While this isn't an exhaustive list of all my skills, it is a brief list of skills I
- wished to highlight. Please see the next section for detailed information on how I have
- utilised these skills in other workplaces.
-
-
-
Experiences
-
-
Informal Experience
-
- Griffith University has also been helpful in engaging me with industry panels and
- experiences. In early 2024, one of my units had a panel with some industry experts who
- discussed what the future of the IT industry would look like. Coming away from that
- panel, I felt better about the path I had taken. The experts all agreed that the
- industry is an ever-changing field, so it really doesn't make sense to stay comfortable
- with a single expertise.
-
-
- Another extracurricular activity I undertook was the 2023 'James-Jam'. In this activity,
- groups were formed and given two weeks to construct a working game in p5play.js. The
- theme was a game remniscient of Homeworld (1999). While this wasn't a competition, our
- group did an amazing job at constructing a fully working game. You can play the game at
- this link here. And if you
- want to view the source code, it can be found
- on my GitHub.
-
-
- Outside of work experience and university, I also aim to learn new projects in my own
- time. For example, the website you are reading this on was built by hand by me. You can
- find the source code for this project, and others at my personal GitLab instance here
- or my GitHub here.
-
-
- On top of that, I also have my own homelab setup. Utilising Proxmox, I run hosts and
- containers for various services that both me, and my friends and family enjoy. For a
- list of services that I am running, you can visit my AWS-hosted status page here.
-
-
- The homelab is a constantly evolving project that has given enabled me to self-teach
- myself aspects of linux administration in a safer environment. In the future, I may have
- a blog with some of the more interesting projects I've worked on.
-
-
-
Contact
-
- Thanks for checking out my site, if you want to get in contact with me, you can find me
- on GitHub, or send an email to
- hello@nickbland.dev.
-
