I think the effect on the “that’s me” photo/sign is pretty cool too. I suggest you say something unexpected about yourself on that box and can even change the picture.
Change the font family for the 3 sentences on the title and give them a different size. As cool as it looks right now, you don’t know what’s more important: your name, that you want to be a web developer or that it is your first website. Not everything has to have the same importance. Besides the kerning in the last 2 sentences is terrible (sorry, that’s the designer in me!)
I do not mind the black and white, but use a different gray to create contrast and define areas. If you use grays that are in the red or the blue spectra, you can break the monotony.
Congrats, you’re on the right path!