Start with what someone needs
Before touching the code, I want to understand who's using the site and what they're trying to do. Working with clients taught me how much that matters.
HELLO FROM EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Hi, I'm Marcus.
I like making things
work.
I'm a web developer who enjoys the mix of creativity and problem-solving. Give me a layout that won't cooperate or a feature that isn't doing what it should, and I'll probably want to figure out why.
I studied web design and development at NAIT, but the fun part for me has always been getting in there and building something.
A developer
who's always curious.
who's always curious.
MSDESIGN / DEVELOPMENT / TRIAL & ERRORTAKE A LOOK
AROUND
A FEW THINGS I KEEP COMING BACK TO
How does it work? · Could it work better? · What happens if I try this?
SOME OF MY WORK
Things I've built.
Two projects with real clients, along with the class projects where I learned to put the pieces together. Here's the work, not just a list of technologies.
INDEPENDENT CLIENT PROJECT · HISTORICAL
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Simply Amish Edmonton
My first independent client website. I worked with the owner, revised the design after feedback, and built a custom WordPress template. The business has since closed.
NAIT CAPSTONE · REAL CLIENT · TEAM PROJECT
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ABECN Capstone
Our team planned and built a Laravel website for a real client. I focused mainly on development and learned Laravel as the project progressed.
My school projects are still here, exactly as I built them. They show how I learned—and where the occasional experiment led.
All projectsHOW I APPROACH THE WORK
I enjoy the figuring-it-out part.
I'm not interested in adding complexity just to say I used a certain tool. I like understanding the problem, building something useful, and getting the small details right.
WHAT I'VE WORKED WITH
HTML · CSS · JavaScript · PHP · Laravel · WordPress · Git
Try it, test it, improve it
I like working through a challenge instead of giving up when the first approach doesn't work. Sometimes the best lessons comes from working through the problem instead of it being perfect to begin with.
Stay curious
I'm refreshing my skills and revisiting older projects. There's always a better way to do something, and I like learning what that is.
OFF THE CLOCK: FIND ME OUTSIDEA BIT ABOUT ME
Not a straight line into web development.
Before I ever wrote a line of code, I spent more than ten years working in banking, including management roles.
When I was ready for a change, my parents suggested technology. I was usually the one helping with their tech problems anyway, and I'd always been interested in how things worked. That conversation helped steer me toward NAIT's Web Design and Development program.
One of my first big HTML and CSS projects was The Succ Shop. I spent hours measuring and adjusting things until the page looked right. I finished it knowing I wanted to keep doing this.
Outside coding, I like hiking, volleyball, games and projects where I get to make something with my hands. I think curiosity carries over between all of them.
A career change, a few wrong turns, and a lot of learning. Still
enjoying the process.
More about the
projects
04 / SAY HELLO
Have a website question? I'm listening.
If you have a project, need a hand with an existing site, or just want to ask about my work, feel free to reach out. No big sales pitch.
msonnenberg@live.com