About - Joshua Shields

Introduction

I am Joshua Shields, a passionate developer who attended IIE Varsity College from 2022 to 2025 and completed my Bachelor's of Information Sciences in Application Development at Emeris. I enjoy working in a team environment and have led group projects multiple times throughout my 3 years of study. I am particularly interested in LLMs and overall development.

Education

IIE Varsity College- Bachelor's of Information Sciences in Application Development (Distinction pass) (2022 - 2025)

Experience

Ganarama Production

April 2025 – December 2025 (8 months)

Work Integrated Learning Module

Collaborated in a 5-person team to build and deploy the company website using ASP.NET, C#, and SQL
Worked on and designed a custom CMS admin panel for content customisation
Implemented database schema and media handling (video/image processing)
Link to site: https://ganarama.co.za/

Cape Union Mart

November 2023 – February 2024 (3 months)

Learned valuable soft skills and how to work effectively in a team
Achieved top 2 in sales out of 36 workers during December and January

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