Hey everyone! If this is your first time coming to my profile, my name is Weizhi, and I'm from Singapore. For those that may not be familiar with my background, I started as a software developer back in 2005, and then discovered my own early interests and passion for UX in 2006. I began freelancing because it was the only way I could get closer to practice what we know UX to be today. But back then, we simply knew it as usability design.
In the course of pursuing my passions, I also discovered that my front-end skills (clearly we didn't call it that back then) began to shine forth. Today, I am known for a few key achievements:
- I become the highest earning freelancer in 2011.
- I have worked with local SMEs, startups and even global organizations like United Nations Environmental Programme.
- I'm a certified thought-leader in Agile UX since 2016.
- I'm a 4x featured technical writer.
- No. 1 Front-end Developer & UX Engineer
- Top Rising Voice (2025) in both fields
I continue to remain open to working opportunities and freelance gigs. Over the years, I have discovered that my skills kept getting better only because of my vast exposure to different projects and the nature of the challenges that they each presented. I will continue to collaborate and work with companies because I believe that it would allow me to stay closer to the ground.
For any consulting gigs, I'm currently charging S$75 an hour.
I also offer referral fees to people that recommend projects to me that have been successfully completed. Any gigs that are <= S$10K, it's 5% referral fee. Anything beyond S$10K, the referral fee will go up to 10%. The largest amount of referral fee I have ever given is S$4,800.00 because the single project alone was worth S$48,000 from start to finish.
I'm currently working on a new portfolio for myself. After losing my first portfolio and all of my work back in 2018, I'm officially making a comeback. And I think that very first step of reentry for me is by being able to demonstrate and show-off my talents and skills. Instead of writing and posting about what I can do, I've discovered long ago that I have a talent for storytelling and demonstrating my skills/passions.
So that is where I will focus most of my energy and effort (outside of my top priorities).
For now though, I will begin with two new projects:
For now, my goal remains the same, I want to focus on showcasing 3 web projects and 2 mobile projects. So, I'm starting with the above two. When it comes to the mobile app projects, my hope to to be able to build one using Flutter (cross-platform showcase), and the second one will be using native iOS (SwiftοΌand Android (Kotlin). I will share more updates on this profile README in the weeks and months to come.
I'm currently in the final stretch of my part-time post-Diploma course in UX Design & Management. So yeah, it's the final stretch. It is also why I'm taking a break from my portfolio work (updated as of 20th May). I'll still continue to work quietly and share my daily logs on the showcase project, but otherwise, I'm basically taking a step back while I focus on my top priorities.
Something else that I'm learning now is Vue.js. Not because I think it is essential for my career progression. I'm choosing to learn more about it because I believe it will allow me to understand the difference between Vue and React. It would also allow me to craft my future technical articles in a way to help Vue developers to step into React. Vue, after all, is merely a stepping stone [an accelerator] into React development.
The easiest and fastest way to reach me today is via my email. Just reach out to d2d.weizhi@gmail.com. I usually respond within 24 hours. If there is something I'm busy with, then the maximum time I need to respond is 48 hours. I prefer not to give out my personal mobile contact because I don't usually respond well to unknown numbers trying to contact me.