SOFTWARE ENGINEERING × CYBERSECURITY
Experience
About
I got into tech because I was curious about what was happening behind the screen. I did not have a perfect plan, I just kept following the questions that interested me and learning a little more every time.
C, Linux and computer fundamentals gave me my first real sense of progress. They taught me to slow down, read errors properly and work through a problem instead of giving up the moment it became frustrating.
Web development made everything feel more real. I could take an idea, build it, break parts of it, improve it and eventually end up with something I was genuinely proud to call mine.
I have learned that being stuck is usually part of the process. I like trying things for myself, questioning what went wrong and staying with a problem until I understand it instead of only finding a quick fix.
That same curiosity is what pulled me toward cybersecurity. I still love building software, but I also want to understand how systems can fail, how they can be protected and how I can keep becoming a stronger engineer on both sides.
I got into tech out of curiosity and a need to understand what was happening behind the screen. Learning on my own showed me that I enjoy both building things and solving the problems that come with them.
Development taught me how to turn ideas into something real, while cybersecurity pulled me in for a different reason: understanding how systems work, where they can fail and how they can be better protected.
I’m still learning, but I like progressing by experimenting, fixing my mistakes and staying with a problem until I genuinely understand it.
Technological stack
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Projects
emma@portfolio:~$ ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
OVER THE WIRE // BANDIT
Previous level credential recovered.
cYb3rCur10sity_0v3rTh3W1r3_2026My field journal for OverTheWire Bandit. I use it to keep the commands, mistakes, breakthroughs and, more importantly, the reasoning behind each level so every roadblock turns into something I actually understand.
View projectA landing page built to introduce the Cashless app clearly and quickly. The goal was to make the product easy to understand within seconds, with a clean, modern interface that gives people a reason to keep exploring.
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