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Software Engineering Student · Year 3 @ Belgium Campus iTversity
Building things that work. Learning things that matter.
I'm a Year 3 Software Engineering student with a secondary stream in Software Testing, interested in full-stack development, machine learning, and building systems that solve real problems.
- 🎓 27 subjects passed · 19 distinctions · 0 failures · Weighted avg: 66.3% · 240 credits
- 🔍 Actively seeking a practical-year placement to contribute to live production projects
- 🌍 Based in Pretoria, South Africa
- 📬 Reach me at vronkanicholas@gmail.com
Languages & Frameworks
Tools & Platforms
ML / Data
C# · Console Application · Collections · Enums · OOP
A C# console app for an entertainment complex that evaluates game token credit eligibility for loyal customers. Implements menu-driven navigation via enums, collection-based data storage, and multi-criteria business logic (employment status, tenure, scores, consumption habits).
C# · Windows Forms · OOP & Polymorphism · File I/O · Git
A version-controlled Windows Forms application for managing superhero trainee records. Features auto-calculated ranks (S/A/B/C) from exam scores, a DataGridView for CRUD operations, summary report generation, and a full Git commit history demonstrating incremental development.
Node.js · Express.js · EJS · MongoDB · Mongoose ODM · HTML5/CSS
A full-stack web application for browsing and booking tickets to upcoming events. Built on an MVC architecture with server-side EJS templating, RESTful routing, and MongoDB persistence via Mongoose. Demonstrates end-to-end full-stack thinking from schema design to dynamic front-end rendering.
🤝 People I've Collaborated With These are classmates and developers I've worked alongside on academic and personal projects.
| Collaborator | GitHub |
|---|---|
| 👤Rivan Maritz |  |
| 👤Xander Oosthuyzen |  |
| 👤Clarissa Bierman |  |
| 👤Richo |  |
| 👤Michael Brian Cheyne |  |
- 📚 Completing Year 3 — Software Engineering & Software Testing streams
- 🔬 Exploring machine learning with XGBoost, LightGBM, K-means, and SHAP
- 🤝 Looking for a practical-year placement in software engineering or data
- 🛠️ Building projects that bridge systems development with data thinking
"With knowledge and experience in taking projects and seeing them come to fruition."
Let's build something. → vronkanicholas@gmail.com