A compiled list of stuff I’ve done thus far. I’ve also done work as a professional therapist and on-call engineer, but that’s not exactly relevant to my career goals.
Industry
The last thing I would like to do is live my life forever as a SWE. But it’s a comfortable option.
Microsoft
Redmond, WASoftware Engineer
Aug 2025 - hopefully not forever but also leave by choice vs getting fired or laid off- M365 Eng Team
- Little bit more of the same flavor of work as the previous summers
- Attempt to get good at maintaining a car and bike, fixing computers, cooking food, riding bikes, and lifting weights while fighting off the gauntletTM
SWE Intern
June 2024 - Aug 2024- M365 Eng Team
- Did slightly more work this summer
- Go through an identity crisis and figure out what I want in life by going on 100+ mile bike rides
SWE Intern
May 2023 - Aug 2023- M365 Eng Team
- Bike up "hills" while calling them Mickey Mouse
- Stockholm Syndrome :sphinx:
Research
My brain is very empty. My PIs and professors can attest to that.
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CAUndergraduate Researcher - Skylab
June 2024 - Present- Acumen: A Platform for Encrypted and Accountable Collaborative Editing
- Certified Java plumber
Teaching
I’m not good at teaching but I still try.
f:IQ↦−IQ
A function describing my intelligence as I open my mouth to help students.
CS 70 Course Staff
Berkeley, CAHead Undergraduate Student Instructor
Jan 2024 - May 2025- Course content and
sleep Edstem - Be impersonated on Instagram twice
Undergraduate Student Instructor
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023- Try not to get a straight 1/7 on course evals
- Provide professor with ephiphanies
Reader
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022- Grade homework/exams and hold 2 hours of office hours weekly
Undergraduate Student Instructor
June 2022 - Aug 2022- Hold 4 1-hour discussions and 4 hours of office hours weekly
- Have my computer break so students blame me for something out of my control
Academic Intern (Discussion)
Jan 2022 - May 2022- Assist undergrad student instructors in 1 hour discussions twice weekly