Who Is Jack Whitworth?
I’m a full-stack developer based in the United Kingdom. I’ve been working in web development for around 5 years, with my speciality being the PHP ecosystem: Laravel and WordPress.
When I’m not working, I’m either spending time with my wife and our dog, building my own projects for fun, or I’m out in the garden with my telescope, taking photos of nebulae and other stellar objects.
I’m a lifelong nerd- thanks in no small part to having been raised on Star Trek, instead of the ‘regular’ children’s TV. I grew up with an obsession for technology, and am proud to have made a career out of something that I truly love.
My Coding Journey
Before discovering my love of web development, I started by teaching myself to code using online resources like Codecademy and YouTube. The first programming language I became comfortable with was Python. In the early days, I would use my new Python skills to write small scripts for automating tasks on my computer or making different LEDs glow on my Raspberry Pi development kits. While this is worlds away from where I am now, the development methodologies that I learned at this time are still used in my daily life as a passionate developer.
After writing code as a hobbyist for a few years, I realised that I didn’t want to continue with it just as a hobby, but as a career. Having made a huge career-shifting decision, I began my first official qualification in the development world. I took on an apprenticeship with a local website design and development company, graduating with the highest achievable grade after 2 years.
Since moving on from that time in my career, I have worked as a part of a large international digital agency in the arts and culture sector. My role as a back-end developer introduces me to unique challenges on a day-to-day basis, as I strive to build and maintain fast, accessible, and beautiful websites.
Testimonials
“Jack did a fantastic job working on our custom API integration. I had tried a few other freelancers who struggled with the tasks, but Jack completed them within the time quoted and to an extremely high standard. Really looking forward to working with Jack on future phases!”
Greg
CEO & Founder, Savimi
“Jack was brilliant in the support provided for my website. Everything was explained and laid out so that I could understand what was going to happen and then what did happen. It was incredibly simple and required virtually no effort on my part.
Jack was exceedingly professional and patient and even found some things on my website I had not seen and just cleaned them up after checking in. I wholeheartedly recommend Jack Whitworth and look forward to how he can continue to help me in the future.”
Tim
Game Master, thegmtim.ca
“I hired Jack to develop my website for my small growing business and after the site launch my numbers have shot up drastically. Jack is really easy to get along with and you can tell he really cares. I cant wait to work with him again in the future, as i will definitely be back.”
Taylor
Founder, The Basement