About
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My name is Shivan (pronounced Shiv-arn).
I am Kiwi born 🇳🇿 with Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 heritage.
I currently work as a Software Developer after 7 years working as an Optometrist.
I am also on:
What Is The Purpose Of This Blog?
This blog is my digital garden.
The primary goal of writing in this blog is that is acts as a good exercise to organise and reflect on my thoughts.
As a side effect, the goal of writing on here is not to become well-known; it’s to become known-well by whomever reading this.
What Am I Focusing On?
- Getting good at web development and programming
- Sharing my journey and ideas:
- Maintaining my body
- Maintaining my mind
- 📓 Writing
- 📷 Photography
- ✏️ Drawing
- 📚 Reading
Milestones
- 1993: Born in Palmerston North — where I spent most of my life growing up
- 2016: Graduated from the University of Auckland as a fully qualified optometrist and moved down to Christchurch to start my working life
- 2020: Began writing online
- 2021: Moved back to Palmerston North to focus on a career change away from optometry into software development.
- 2023: Started a new career as a web developer.
Places I Want To Visit
This map contains locations I want to visit (red) as well as places I have visited (green).
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