About me

In the winter of 2006, I was cast for a minor role in my elementary school's production of Pinnochio. I had no lines :(

Something foreshadowing the rest of my life, I went to middle school at The Computer School

In 2013, I first took a coding class at my high school. I made a bot that played the game Othello pretty well, but the code is lost to history so you're going to have to take my word for it

In the academic year of 2017-2018 I took 3 geology classes. I ended up forgetting a lot of it but now I know more about rocks than I ever thought I wanted to and am grateful for the experience. A quote from my professor I sometimes think about is, "The best Geologist is the one who has seen the most rocks". I think that applies to lots of other things, too

Reader, imagine that it is February of 2018 and that you are me. I get a call from an HR person at Factset. I did not blow the onsite interview. I have gotten my first legit tech job.

In June 22nd, 2018, I was on a flight to Cleveland to visit my grandparents. I did not bring anything to do on the flight, but my brother was sitting next to me and reading an annoyingly long book. He told me to read the first chapter. I hemmed and hawed, but eventually did. I was happy. I found something to do on the flight. I finished the book like 6 months later

I graduated from Carleton College with a degree in Computer Science June 8th, 2019

September 1st, 2019 (approximately) I moved to Minneapolis

September 11th, 2019 I started a dev job at Sezzle

October 8th, 2019 I began a tradition of bowling every Tuesday night with a few of my friends at my local bowling alley. We always tried to get lane one and most of the time it was empty. Also, the oil was always a little bit off and that definitely prevented me from bowling a perfect game.

In February, to occupy time at home, I learned how to make pierogies using this recipe. They tasted good but I didn't have a rolling pin so the wine bottle I used instead was hard on my wrists.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic really got going in the US I was crowned champion of the Minneapolis Goaltimate League . I have no idea what the team name was but we wore red shirts

Bowling night was on hiatus March 10th, 2020 :(

To practice his video editing skills, my dad made this video of me making pierogies

I moved to Chicago on August 28th, 2021.

On September 20th, 2021, I started working for Academia.edu

I took some improv classes at some in this period. Also, a stand up class, and I did various sports leagues (volleyball, bowling, ultimate frisbee, goaltimate). And two pottery classes!

As of May 1st, 2021, I no longer work for Academia.edu