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Web Developer, Tutor, Illustrator
Kae U.

5.0 (333 ratings)

975 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $40
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Kae U.'s Photo

Web Developer, Tutor, Illustrator
Web Developer, Tutor, Illustrator
Kae U.

5.0 (333 ratings)

975 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee
5.0 (333 ratings)

975 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Kae

Bio

Smith College gave me an extraordinarily supportive and respectful environment to pursue my education in Computer Science. The help I received from the department tutors was crucial to my academic success, and I jumped at the first opportunity to join their ranks and help beginning learners in the same way that they helped me. Since graduating in 2011 I have mostly worked as a web developer, but I've never forgotten the confidence and clarity those tutors helped me find. Today, I want to...

Smith College gave me an extraordinarily supportive and respectful environment to pursue my education in Computer Science. The help I received from the department tutors was crucial to my academic success, and I jumped at the first opportunity to join their ranks and help beginning learners in the same way that they helped me. Since graduating in 2011 I have mostly worked as a web developer, but I've never forgotten the confidence and clarity those tutors helped me find. Today, I want to ensure that anyone with an interest in programming gets the same support and sense of community.

I've been creating digital art with Adobe Photoshop since 2005. Over the years I have gained mastery of brush & smudge tool settings, layer modes, clipping masks, and more. I also have some familiarity with other Adobe products such as Illustrator. You can find examples of my work at www.artstation.com/kaehunter.

As a professional web developer with over 7 years of industry experience, I can teach you the latest techniques for writing clean, readable code, and creating web content that looks good on a wide range of devices. As a tutor, my goal is to pinpoint which concepts you struggle with the most, and to provide you with engaging, easy-to-understand explanations for those concepts.

I am committed to treating my students with patience and respect, especially those who don't feel they fit in with the stereotypical "tech bro" image. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a lesson, please feel free to contact me!

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Education

Smith College
Computer Science

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $40
  • Rate details: I work with students ONLY on educational projects that are NOT meant to directly generate profit or publicity for any person, business, religious/charity organization, or other public entity.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

Art

Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Photoshop

I've been using Adobe Photoshop to create illustrations for over 15 years, with a particular focus on digital painting. I've been taking art commissions as a side job for the past 5 years or so; I don't have insight on how to build a full career in the art industry, but I can absolutely help improve your technique!
Drawing

Drawing

I took drawing classes of some form or another from elementary school through college, and I've drawn as a hobby all my life; in recent years I've taken on art commissions and had work in gallery shows. I mostly do digital painting, but I also work in pencils and pen & ink.

Computer

Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Photoshop

I've been using Adobe Photoshop to create illustrations for over 15 years, with a particular focus on digital painting. I've been taking art commissions as a side job for the past 5 years or so; I don't have insight on how to build a full career in the art industry, but I can absolutely help improve your technique!
CSS,

CSS

I've been using CSS in personal and professional projects since the days of CSS2, but I closely follow browser implementation of CSS3 and "level 4" specifications. I also have experience with both Sass and Less preprocessors. Ask me about flexbox! :)
HTML,

HTML

HTML has been the basic building block of the web since the very beginning, and including school/personal projects, I've been using it for over 15 years. From XHTML to HTML5.2, I can help you understand what different elements and attributes do, and how they work together in a web page. I can also explain tips and best practices for writing clean, semantic code!
JavaScript,

JavaScript

JavaScript is my bread and butter as a developer; I've been using vanilla JavaScript and jQuery professionally since 2011, and I'm working towards certification in NodeJS and React. There are a number of libraries and frameworks out there that I haven't had a chance to use yet (Handlebars, Angular, Vue, p5, and D3 being the most asked-for currently), but I can definitely help you understand the fundamentals!
JQuery,

JQuery

In my first several years working as a web developer, jQuery was *the* standard library for working with JavaScript, and I used it daily. Though systems like React & Vue have overtaken it in recent years, I still have a solid grasp on jQuery principles and syntax.
PHP

PHP

In my 7+ years as a web developer, I have built/modified both the front and back ends of my clients' sites. Many of my clients' sites are built on Magento or WordPress, and for the WordPress clients, I've written both themes and plugins. At my first job, I spent about a year exclusively building sites with the CodeIgniter framework.

Corporate Training

HTML

HTML

HTML has been the basic building block of the web since the very beginning, and including school/personal projects, I've been using it for over 15 years. From XHTML to HTML5.2, I can help you understand what different elements and attributes do, and how they work together in a web page. I can also explain tips and best practices for writing clean, semantic code!

Ratings and Reviews

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Reviews

great tutor

Was very helpful and patient. I would highly recommend! In fact I'm getting ready to contact now to help with another project!

Jason, 1 lesson with Kae

tutor

Great to work with! Helped me with my portfolio and was very patient and knowledgeable. I will certainly hire again. Highly recommend.

Jason, 1 lesson with Kae

Helping me survive remote learning!

With remote learning I often find I have no one to talk to! No one to go over deeply broken code! Kae helps me comb through code, fix and understand it. Kay answers all my questions, basic or not. I’m very happy to have such great help!

Tousedsa, 11 lessons with Kae

Engaging and creative.

Kae is awesome! I’m remote learning and sometimes I need a human to talk me through new concepts or watch over my shoulder while I mess everything up. Kae is always alert and interested in helping me while creating a very safe, judgment free zone. I’m very happy to have such great help!

Tousedsa, 11 lessons with Kae

she's a really patient, and really takes time to explainexplains things very well!!

she guided me and filled me in with her knowledge , about media queries in web development and , the semantic structure in html. I am confident in her abilities to help any student like me with web development studies.

Khalil, 3 lessons with Kae

Kae is Awesome

You need to work with them now - DO IT. Very thoughtful, very insightful, fun to chat with - highly recommend. :)

George, 105 lessons with Kae

Great tutor who is patient

Kae is awesome! She has a great personality and has patience. She explains well and makes you feel at ease. I have no background in php but have found the subject interesting and I no longer feel discouraged. Thanks for all your help Kae!

Jessenia, 2 lessons with Kae

Wonderful tutor!

Kae assisted me with through multiple JS problems. She is very educated and is very patient. I highly recommend her as a tutor. We had technically difficulties during our session and she was very kind about it. She was calm and level headed. Great tutor!

Ve'Dora, 3 lessons with Kae

The Best!

My first tutor here on Wyzant. Really impressed with the level or knowledge and professionalism provided during her lesson. Always stayed patient and was understanding towards my concerns. Got to do figure out a code in an hour session what I couldn’t do in 8. Would definitely recommend her!

Sharon, 1 lesson with Kae
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