Clay Nicholson
Software Engineer at Hack Club
Williston, Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolClay Nicholson is a Vermont-based high school student and software engineer with four years of hands-on experience contributing to educational open-source projects and competitive robotics teams. As a front-end developer for Hack Club’s Sprig game editor, he implemented collaborative UX features—share-room popups, link copying, room password management and a save-strategy-aware navbar—that balance usability with practical security and application behavior. A member of Green Mountain Robotics and the Robohawks, he pairs interface polish with a maker’s approach to hardware and teamwork. Clay focuses on enabling collaborative learning through thoughtful UI design while juggling school and community-driven engineering.
4 years of coding experience
Grade 12, Grade 12 at Champlain Valley Union High SchoolPart Time Classes, Mathematics and Computer Science, Part Time Classes, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of VermontPart Time Classes, Economics, Part Time Classes, Economics at Community College of Vermont
French
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
javascripts10
react10
game-development9
css9
html8
ui-design8
game-engine7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hackclub/sprig
Aug 2023 - Jul 2024
🍃 Learn to code by making games in a JavaScript web-based game editor.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 7 PRs, 1 push in 10 months
Contributions summary:Clay primarily contributed to the user interface of the Sprig game editor. Their work included implementing a share room popup with functionalities to copy room links, create, and manage room passwords. They integrated a close button and a placeholder image within the popup and added a specific list of tags for games, suggesting a focus on user experience and collaborative features within the game development environment. Additionally, they modified the navbar to include the share room feature and made it conditional based on the save strategy.
gamegamesgamedevjavascriptweb-based
claynicholson/site
Jul 2024 - Sep 2024
🌈 The new, new Hack Club website (uses Next.js & Theme UI).
Contributions:2 PRs, 63 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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