From Human Kinetics to Frontend Engineering

I studied Human Kinetics and Health Education. I also build healthcare software. Those two sentences aren't supposed to sit together, but here we are.

It started with a strike

Schools went on strike, and I spent four months doing nothing. Not resting. Just absolutely nothing.

Then a friend sent me a PDF about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I opened it out of boredom. I stayed because of the possibilities. I remember thinking: the power of technology, in my hands.

Then my degree pulled me back

For a while, tech was all I could see. I became short sighted, the way you do when you fall hard for one thing.

My degree fixed that, it opened my eyes. Human Kinetics and Health Education kept putting people in front of me: bodies, habits, recovery, and how health actually shows up in everyday life. It put things in perspective. I loved tech, but I loved health just as much.

I stopped treating them as two separate lives.

What I'm building now

Today I'm the frontend engineer on a healthcare platform, building the interface that connects different parts of healthcare delivery into one place. It's still in progress, and it's the first time my two worlds have shared a screen. Outside that, I build all kinds of fun, diverse things, because I like variety

A lot of people are trying to build the next Tesla, Paystack, or Meta. I'll get there. But for now, I'm happy building simple, everyday systems that people like me actually love using. Systems that speak to me and to the people around me.

Where this is headed

Health Informatics is where my degree and my code finally meet, and that's the direction I'm heading in.

I'm headed for something beautiful. I just have to watch out and lock in.

If you're building at the intersection of health and tech, or you've crossed from one field into another yourself, I'd love to hear from you: hello@mkzay.me