About
Web Development Immersive
The Hong Kong tech community is still a lot smaller than NYC, a similarly sized city, but much more of a presence than before. There are investors in early-stage startups. They might come from HK people who become angels to diversify their portfolios or it might come from raising a few early-stage funds. Startups will locate teams in HK. Not as a gateway to China, but as a gateway to Asia and to international business.
WDI is General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive course. Immersive means all day, every day, weekends and weeknights, sometimes in foreign places, for 12 weeks straight. In Hong Kong, 13 unique individuals from different reaches of the world, all reconfigured into SCRUM teams of full-stack Ruby on Rails developers and JavaScript maniacs. After weeks of training, thousand of lines of code, and a lot of Thai food, we're ready and excited to go on a hacker adventure!
Class of May 2014
ALEX ZELIKOW
Alex has always marvelled the Japanese culture. He focused his energy in learning Japanese leading to a career as a translator in Japan. After years of producing, editing, and acting, he wanted to share this great experience to the world. Passionate about education, Alex turned towards the WDI to learn about front-end and back-end coding. He is now building an educational platform that will radiate great user experience in hopes to motivate people to break out of their shell.
ANNIE CHEUNG
Hailing from a line of doctors, Annie is passionate about many aspects in healthcare. She joined WDI because of web technology's vast potential in improving the health industry. She tackled inefficiencies in her university's lack of an EMT dispatch system as one of her earlier projects. Her ability to think outside the box developed into a system that tracks EMT availabilty, helping the team make rapid decisions. She is also leading more women to code and bring in a wider perspective in the tech industry.
CHARLIE MORRIS
Charlie is a gentleman with a degree from Oxford University and represents one of the two Gambit brothers. He joined WDI to become immersed with technology and move a step closer to his interest in cryptocurrency. He is project-driven and excited to learn more about front-end development. With several accomplishments in writing, he aims to produce beautiful code and create smashing websites like a sir.
CHRISTIAN VETTER
The youngest of the Oahu brotherhood. Christian joined WDI to infuse technological skills into his prowess in photography. He previously shot for Google Maps, expanding Street View to include 360-degree virtual tours of business interiors. He stays up-to-date with digital media trends and is always pleasant to work with. He has an eagerness to learn and shows great pride in his work. He is looking forward to a role that further encourages learning.
JOSEPH CHEUNG
Prior to joining WDI, Joseph had already developed impressive programming skills. His skills grew from his discipline in practicing T'ai chi where a soul should learn one day at a time. He enjoys finding elegant solutions to complex problems and he feels that WDI has been an effective way of enhancing his existing programming knowledge. He enjoys using MeteorJS and would love to build big apps in the future.
JULIE NG
Julie was born and raised in Malaysia. She worked as a designer and an entrepreneur to build a community of foodies. She chased the next step in WDI. She learned web technologies to expand her ideas on the front-end. Julie looks forward to using her new programming skills to develop fantastic products that help others.
LEO TUMWATTANA
Leo is a creative and analytical thinker. He spent several years in Louis Vuitton on which efficiency was his trade. He worked with various departments to instigate and implement changes to improve store operations, enrich working conditions at stores and help enhance shopping experiences across fourteen countries in Asia Pacific. Passionate in bringing continuous learning and business enhancements to teams, Leo pursued his love for technology in WDI to take his game to a new level. With his new skills, he is ready to make an impact on people's lives.
MARK CHENG
The other half of the Gambit brothers. Mark simply loves to help build cool stuff. He has exceptional talents in classic finance skills with an innate entrepreneurial sprit as well as enthusiasm in technology. After recently discovering his inner nerdiness, he decided it was time to join development and therefore, has equipped himself with skills in both front-end and back-end coding through WDI. Mark is looking forward to spending days translating great ideas into great code.
MU-WAH LEE
A seasoned support and database manager and hardcore hiker. Mu-Wah is looking to transition into a web developer role. During WDI, she learned to build on her newly acquired web skills, such as Ruby on Rails and a touch of Meteor. Combining them with over 18 years of business skills including database analysis, business analysis, and stakeholder engagement, Mu-Wah is looking to create innovative, functional websites and digital applications.
NIGEL EARLE
Part of the Oahu brotherhood and an avid skateboarder. Nigel has had an interest in programming for as long as he can remember. He joined WDI to satisfy his curiosity. He molded his skills by building applications that would help the skateboarder community. He is currently looking to contribute to a development team where he can continue learning and demonstrate his passion for creating awesome web applications.
SIMON BALL
Simon thinks of his journey to becoming a full-stack developer as rising to another level from his experiences in the army. A Class 2 Radio Systems Operator and Satellite Communications Operator. He was responsible for communications for 245th Armoured Squadron and 14th Signal Regiment Headquarters. In WDI, he picked up tools for web-development which granted him a wider array of skillsets. When he's not coding, reading Ruby on Rails guides or hackernews, he fancies a few rounds of League of Legends.
VICTOR LIN
The builder of the Oahu brotherhood. Victor owns a business that provides photography, videography, virtual tour, and design services to the real estate industry in the Bay Area. Eager to understand the technical aspect of his business, he joined WDI to understand his website better from the back-end to the front-end. He is driven by collaboration and the pursuit of new knowledge and skills.
Projects
Coming soon!
Special Thanks to Our Instructors
CHARLES MUNAT
Charles Munat has more than a decade of experience teaching for the military, academia, and industry. In addition, he has been a full-stack web developer since Internet Explorer 3 was hot news. He has worked with every kind of database; in Java, Scala, Ruby, C#, and more; and is quite fond of fat-client frameworks such as ember.js, angular.js, and backbone.js.
ANIL BRIDGPAL
Anil is currently an instructor for the Web Development immersive program at General Assembly. Previously he was a software engineer for Comcast Headquarters in Philadelphia. Anil has tinkered, tweaked, with all sorts of software and operating systems. He has a passion for clean design and pixel perfect precision.
HARRY NG
Harry is a serial entrepreneur and long-time web developer. After 6 years' of doing business the hard way, he finally adopted the lean startup methodology, which has taught him how to make things work, fast and simple. This concept has helped him win awards at various startup events.