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Education
MBA - General
Concordia UniversityI am currently taking night classes to complete an MBA. Not 100% sure what I want to do with it yet, but I do expect it to broaden my field of view. It's a good time so far!
B.Eng. Major Chemical Engineering, Minor Computer Science
McGill UniversityI actually majored in chemical engineering from 2016 to 2020. About halfway through the degree, I realized that chem. eng. was too old-school for my liking, an established field with limited potential for growth; I had to do something more dynamic. I had enjoyed the limited number of programming classes I had taken as part of my major, so I decided to enroll in a CS minor. I don’t have to explain any further. We all know it’s good stuff.
Experience
Software Engineer II
Khan AcademyFree, world-class education for anyone, anywhere ❤️
Full Stack Software Developer
SAPGot some big company experience at SAP!
Full Stack Web Developer
Cigo TrackerCigo is a delivery management startup. I was brought on the team to help with the migration from a monolithic PHP architecture to a Node.js micro-service oriented architecture.
Full Stack Web Developer
FlighthubFor any Americans who might be reading, Flighthub is known as Justfly south of the border. These are the people who gave me the opportunity to get my foot in the door of the software development industry. For that, I could not be more thankful.
Language Learning
Japanese
I’m officially proficient!After high school, I decided I was ready for another language learning challenge. I always thought Japanese sounded really nice. That, paired with the fact that it’s supposed to be among the hardest languages to learn for a native English speaker, motivated me to tackle it head on. After 1 year and a half of self-study, I decided to do a homestay in Japan for a little less than 3 months. I stayed with a lovely family in the suburbs of Tokyo and attended a language school during the day. I would say that experience was a turning point in my life. Being so far away from everyone I knew, for so long, in a foreign land where virtually no English is spoken, allowed me to fully appreciate all the things I took for granted back in Montreal. Meeting immigrants from places like Vietnam and Nepal, who would go to school during the day and work jobs in the evenings, gave me insight into the plight of immigrants who do not speak the local language. Finally, after 3 years of self-study, I passed the JLPT N2, second highest official level of proficiency a foreigner can have. This technically means I can work for a Japanese company. Who knows, maybe someday!
This is me speaking Japanese
Chinese
I was a reality TV star for 2 weeksI learned mandarin chinese throughout middle school and high school as my 3rd language, in addition to my native English and French. Long story short, I won a regional chinese language competition, and my reward was the opportunity to participate in a reality TV show in China for half a month. A “foreign high schoolers from around the world are brought together by the forces of mandarin” type of thing. Being able to meet over 150 other teens from all over the globe was an eye-opening experience: “we’re all human”. I should mention that I haven't maintained it though. Oops...
This is me giving a speech and singing in Chinese
It really was a reality TV show
French
I'm a native speakerBorn and bred in Montreal, Canada, I grew up speaking French at school. #languagelearninghacks
