Terry Chin Wai Ting

Background

Beginnings

My coding journey began at the age of 9 when I joined the Infocomm Club in primary school, learning Scratch and micro:bit.

Me in Infocomm Club — This is a photo of me during Primary Six looking at my Scratch code.

My breakthrough came when I was Primary Six, when I achieved 4th place in the National Primary Games Creation and Coding Competition 2021.

Me with my Award — This is my yearbook photo of me and my teammates with the award.

My trophy — This is my yearbook photo of me and my teammates with the award.

Click here to see the game that I created for the competition!

My award coincided with an achievement my younger sister had made, which made us the epicenter of the Infocomm Club's achievements for 2021.

"...we are proud to share that Chin Wai Lin (my sister)...emerged as the top 10 winners in AI for Kids (Illustrated) Character Design Competition. We are also proud of our team of P6 pupils consisting of Chin Wai Ting... who came in 4th in the National Primary Games Creation and Coding Competition."
~Gongshang Primary School

With my increased participation in many events that year, I was decorated heavily for my efforts. Based on my 4th place competition alone, 1 received 3 of my 7 certificates that year.

My Certificates — These are the 7 certificates I got in 2021 alone.

Secondary School

I also had my fair share of events when I went to secondary school. A few months after entering the Technoprenur programme, I found myself with two groups doing separate apps and having to present them, one at the Singapore Computer Society and one at the then new Apple store at Marina Bay Sands.

Evidence of my Participation — As I have lost all photos of my participation, this is the remaining evidence of me in both groups.

Realising that I would be at a disadvantage to others without any knowledge on text-based programming languages, I took up a course on basic Python at the end of 2022.

However, I would take a break from competition for the whole of 2023, even as I was being ported to Sentinel. During this period of time, I went to the CYS Summit 2023 at Marina Bay Sands, which was my first contact with cybersecurity agencies. I have since fell in love with the cybersecurity sector.

Me in CYS — This is me and my schoolmates attending CYS. I am at the back of the group (centre left), in a black hoodie, holding up a peace sign.

When 2024 came around, I came back swinging, taking part in both CDDC and Cyberquest simultaneously. These events taught me even more things about cybersecurity, and how to work in a team, as me and teammates had to communicate via online platforms for the whole duration of the competition.

For 2025, I partcipated in the TP × VJC Data Science Hackathon for my final competition before preparing for the O-Level examinations.