Shantoie

Hi, I am Shantoie Vorster. I love learning and growing my skill set, never quite happy with the ordinary and mundane, always looking for something cool to learn and implement in the project I am working on. What is the point of keeping my learnings for myself, why not share them with the world? And that is the point of CodeTributors, to start a movement of learning together and sharing our knowledge.

I want to use this page for selfish reasons, to showcase my experiences, so here we go.

My philosophy has always been that you can learn anything as long as you have an open mind and the right mindset. Software Development is basically that, as long as you have a learning attitude and stay humble, you can learn anything and accomplish your goals.

My Skillset

My Skillset (broadly) includes:

  • Software development
    • Using languages like C#, JavaScript and PHP and T-SQL
  • Database Management
  • Data Warehouse Development
  • Business Systems Analysis
  • Software Testing
  • Solution Design
  • End user support
  • Armature Blogging and YouTube Content Creation

I like to get fully involved in the project, and that naturally leads me to experience everything from start to end of the software development lifecycle, and I was fortunate enough to have exposure to everything from the initial business requirements gathering to after deployment support and maintenance of mature systems.

Projects overview

Here are some of the projects I worked on:

  • Multiple Data Warehouse projects that deal with elements such as reporting, data centralisation and data provisioning
  • An Automated Reconciliation project for an investment client.
  • A client on boarding system for a banking client
  • A client profile maintenance system for a banking client
  • An automated testing project using Selenium Web Driver in C#
  • An ETL project for mass data migration in the AML space using T-SQL, SSIS and other tools. – I am currently busy with a web service integration project using C# scripts in SSIS to retrieve and transform data

Me outside of work

Of course I am more than just my work, for hobbies I like to play games on PC, PlayStation and the Switch. I also enjoy traveling and seeing new places, especially nature reserves. Then there is also my fascination with technology and addiction to new gadgets.

I also have a YouTube channel.

Thank you for taking the time to read a bit more about me. I hope we can grow together on this journey of lifelong learning.

By the way, my favourite quote is:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

Arthur C. Clarke

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