I'm a UX Designer with a background in front-end development, and that combination shapes how I work more than anything else.
I studied Information Technology at Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology and spent time building for the web before design pulled me in. This site is a product of that, built from scratch in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It wasn't a dramatic switch into design though. I started spending time in Figma, following designers whose work stopped me mid-scroll, and realised that the part of building I enjoyed most was deciding how something should feel to use, not just making it work.
The developer background stays with me. When I design, I'm already thinking about how it builds. I don't design things that can't be built, and I don't hand off work that leaves a developer guessing.