Okay, so this is a longer version if you aren’t bored so far. Tbh, I still don’t know what my title is at my ‘Day Job’. Infrastructure, Site Reliability, Platform Engineer, etc. At this point, I just wing with whatever people call me. FYI, I am not a software engineer. It would be an insult to them.
I admit, I don’t have a traditional background. From engineering to System Architecture to Medicine to Research. Bound to do what I must. You know?
It’s hard to explain what I do every day but it is anything but boring. I’ve previously worked at CB Insights, Rubenstein Tech, and MeetUp.
I’m also an EMT in New York State, In 2023, I hit the books after 5 p.m. to add a slightly higher level of medical background to myself by becoming a paramedic. (And then I dropped out after almost acing the first semester). Will I go back? TBD. But until then, it’s a DNF.
I learned that I was only passionate about solving diseases/problems but had little to no interest in the theoretical aspects of medicine. I’m currently in the process of building support devices used for EMS during the rotations.
When I’m not in the city, you’ll find me running on the Hoboken waterfront, eating at Qdoba, or occasionally in the Hoboken library hoarding books.
I have a bachelor’s in computer engineering and a master’s in cybersecurity, with a tiny background in emergency medicine. I juggle fluency in three languages while butchering another three. I firmly believe in open-source, sharing work that could be a lifeline for others grappling with similar problems.
Most days, I’m firing all cylinders to get to the next day successfully, but then there are also evenings when all I crave is comfort food from Uber Eats and a rerun of my favorite Flash & White Collar episode in bed. And then there are also days, when I’m just winging it, questioning everything, including my purpose.
A few causes I strongly support & donate to are internet Privacy, Health Care, Immigration, and Animal Welfare.
Once you can accept the universe as being something, expanding into nothing, which is actually something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Albert Einstein