April Copes has worked Wilkerson Electrical LLC for the last 7 years. She started as an electrical apprentice, working her way up to a foreman, then a supervisor in a short amount of time. April managed a team of 15 electricians and completed complex electrical projects with April has worked at Wilkerson Electrical LLC for seven years. April is the most dedicated and ambitious person you will find. April managed a team of fifteen electricians to complete complex projects with tight schedules. However, on her time off, she studied web design and coding. When we began to venture into app design, April was a natural choice to partner in designing and managing a 10-15 person development team.
Despite the cultural and linguistic differences, April was able to correspond with foreign senior developers and successfully complete a large-scale app. PLM (Professional Labor Management) is available on web, iOS and Android. I hope to work with April in the future and give my utmost recommendation. She is a rare find in today’s world. She can adapt to any environment and excel; whatever the void, April will exceed your expectations!

April and I were first students together at Digital Crafts; we were then Developers-In-Residence (aka Teaching Assistants) together for the next Bootcamp cohort. I have coded with her on multiple projects, learned with her, and taught with her. From the first day we met, I was impressed. April was fully committed to understanding the code she was producing. She always seeks depth of knowledge, while maintaining the pace to meet deadlines. She also has the patience to continue to work through bugs or obstacles to produce the best possible results. She grasps complicated technical issues. Her work is thorough, conscientious, responsible, and looks good. April is very self-motivated and can work independently, but also enjoys working with a team. I have never seen April let her team down. I would be enthusiastic to work with April at any time in the future; the high quality she commands in her work would only reflect well on me.

As a student developer at DigitalCrafts, I struggled with TDD(Test Driven Development) and end-to-end testing. I consider myself strong-willed; I rarely ask for help. April saw my need and took the initiative to reach out. She asked, “How are you doing, would you like to work through this together?” During our one-on-one code review sessions, often lasting several hours, April sought to understand my workflow and habits. I am thankful for her patience and words of encouragement, especially when I felt like, “nothing was clicking.” She carefully identified the specific learning barriers prohibiting my success. I am grateful that April was a DIR(Developer-in-Residence) during my cohort; I wouldn’t have succeeded without her.