About

Akshay Narkar is a Full Stack Engineer from India with experience in various roles across the non-technical spectrum. He completed his undergrad in Computer Engineering, where he worked on Algorithms, Data structures, Object-Oriented Programming, and other technical skills. Alongside his studies, he got involved with projects and organizations, taking up roles in marketing, sales, brand growth, finance, and customer success. Akshay led the marketing for one of the biggest youth football leagues in India for a couple of years. He was also one of the founding members of the Supra Formula Team and led the non-technical departments while at college. These experiences have been pivotal for him to realize his potential and helped him work with people across different backgrounds, learning essential skills like leading teams, effective communication, problem-solving, and efficient time management. After graduating, Akshay explored other roles, interests, and freelancing for a year, building web apps and trading the financial markets. This time helped him understand who he is, made him self-aware, and put him on a path to self-development. He finally decided to get back to building software and attended Microverse, an online coding school, to master every aspect of skills that professional programmers need in their daily lives. Now, Akshay is a self-employed Software Developer who can comfortably build solutions based on ideas, solve business puzzles, and give professional advice with his business acumen and coding knowledge. He loves to help businesses grow with coding so that people can focus on creating beautiful things for society instead of simply working on repetitive tasks. Akshay's coding skills include React/Redux, Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap 4, JavaScript (ES6), HTML/CSS, SQL, Python, Git, and Pair Programming. His business skills include Business Administration, Financial Reporting, Human Resource Management, Project Management, Procurement, and Client Interactions. He also possesses soft skills such as Leadership, Effective communication, Team building, Mentoring, Remote working, and Global team collaboration. In his past roles, Akshay freelanced as an Equity Derivatives Trader, averaging 20%+ returns across the past year, and assisted clients to make informed investment decisions and realign their portfolios. He also freelanced as a Webapp developer and improved efficiency and revenue collection for a sports firm leading to better revenue growth, reduced churn rate, and periodic payment collections. Akshay has a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Computer