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I'm a Computer Engineering undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who loves to cook, read, listen and perform music, and of course, program.
Growing up as a kid, I loved tinkering with any bit of technology I could get my hands on. From building a powered periodic table with my classmates at the Las Cruces Academy to just trying to get Minecraft to run on a PowerPC processor, I was always trying something new with computers.
So, to answer that question, I just like computers. Why not follow that?
The fun really began with my Computer Science classes in high school. My principal achievement throughout those courses was achieving a perfect score on the AP CSA Exam in 2022. But I also built some wonderful projects during my time in high school, ranging from wildlife models in NetLogo to data-crunching tools in Python.
I was exposed to a large variety of languages at that time, both through school and my own adventures. That's when I began to find my love for C and lower level languages.
My university studies so far have made me learn so much more than I could have imagined with computer science. From understanding the inner workings of a processor to the abstract world of discrete math, every day I feel like I turn over another corner of this field I had never thought of.
I'm also currently employed at UMass Transit Services as a Full Stack Programmer working on their internal tooling. This job has introduced me to the wonderful, wonderful world of Ruby on Rails and the beauty of omakase programming.
- Cooking! I've been making a lot of things out of Evergreen Kitchen's cookbook. It's...quite good.
- Music! I'm a member of the Sigma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu Alpha at UMass Amherst, a wonderful organization dedicated to advancing music in America.
- Reading! There's a reason I mentioned philosophy earlier...