Michael Heston
Academic Tutor at MEHStudios
Brentwood, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Heston is an experienced software developer and academic tutor with a decade of hands-on experience and a lifelong passion for programming that began when he built his first PC at age eight. He has self-taught more than 20 programming languages, built and published Android apps using Java and XML, and routinely uses Git for version control. Michael blends classroom and one-on-one instruction—teaching coding to students aged 8–16 and supporting university courses as a teaching assistant—with practical product experience shipping apps to the Google Play Store. Based in Brentwood, CA, he is pursuing computer science studies at BYU–Idaho while continuing to develop applications and tutoring curricula. Known for tailoring lessons to individual strengths and fostering collaborative projects, he brings patience and real-world development practices into education. He’s quietly ambitious about exploring new languages and turning self-directed learning into tangible software outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science at Diablo Valley CollegeBrigham Young University-Idaho
Stackoverflow
69reputation
2kreached
4answers
3questions
Github Skills (7)
tokenize6
javascript6
openai-api6
python6
codeblocks6
java6
static-site-generator1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dvcoders/FA20-DVCodersWebsite
Oct 2019 - May 2020
New static website (w/ contributions from other students)
Contributions:5 commits, 6 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 months
static-site-generator
mdogdope/TABSCalculator
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
A website for the DougDoug community
Contributions:13 PRs, 44 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
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