Hi, I'm Nick.

in a nutshell:

I live in Los Angeles, CA where I work during the day as a Senior UI Software Engineer at Apple . Formerly, I’ve worked for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dermstore (Target), and Hot Topic, Inc.

On nights and weekends - when I’m not drumming, enjoying the LA weather, listening to live music, or cooking - I run a small but mighty web development agency called Boldly Fine, LLC where we design and build websites for musicians, artists, local restaurants, independent filmmakers, non-profits, mom & pop shops, and e-commerce stores.

out of a nutshell:

I’m obsessed with learning and obsessed with understanding how things work. One day I’m curiously Googling “How does the internet work?” - the next day I’m regaining consciousness as I’m signing my life savings away to a full-time coding bootcamp.

But it ultimately paid off, because that bootcamp led me to various frontend engineering jobs at Hot Topic (no, I can’t get you a discount on that Greenday t-shirt), Target, Amazon/AWS, and to my current position today with Apple.

But my first love was always music.

I’ve been drumming basically my whole life, which led me to pursue a Jazz Performance degree at Arizona State University. After my undergrad, I quickly moved to LA to try and “make it” in the music industry, along with my badass artist wife.

That was hard... fun, but hard.

So I got a job at a fancy restaurant in Beverly Hills to pay the bills.

Slowly but surely, as I was slinging websites on the side, something or someone convinced me to quit my job at the fancy restaurant to pursue a full-blown career in the tech industry.

This new lifestyle gave me time and space to keep making music while not feeling totally broke. Little did I know that this new industry would become a newfound passion, and really become the second thing I was passionately driven towards mastering. I’m no master by ANY means (at music or coding… or really anything I guess), but I think that’s secretly why I love this pair of mediums, mostly because:

• they both provide the power of raw creation,

• there is a universal demand for each, and

• there is always going to be someone out there who is better than me.

warning: 🤓 nerd alert 🚨

I’m a full-stack web developer and web designer working primarily with JavaScript/Typescript when I’m coding, and the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Squarespace when I’m designing websites/UI’s.

But I’m not just a web dev nerd… I’m the world’s biggest band nerd too. I marched drum corps (professional marching band) for five years (The Blue Devils - Concord, CA and The Academy - Tempe, AZ) and am still very active in the scene where I judge high school marching band shows and teach percussion clinics around the world.

Wanna be friends?