Heyooo

I'm currently studying biomedical engineering at Boston University. Heh, I actually left my job as a software engineer to follow my interests.

I've founded Firefly, a totally infant nonprofit organization working to develop a program of after-school clubs in disadvantaged neighborhoods to do cool things from dance to robotics to synthetic biology! But I have 0 idea how to run a business--let a lone a non-profit--so I came here to get some help with that

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I'm pretty good with helping organize workflow for a team or project, it's what I've done as an engineer and as an intern for an Educational Development institution in Bangladesh.

I've also acted as a Business Analyst and lead for adding a feature to software I was hired to work on.

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I've just recently left my position as a software engineer. I still want to keep on with mobile and software development but more on my own pace, compared to a 9-5 job. Ya feel?

I have professional experience with building websites and enterprise-level business-facing software/web apps. The GUI was in AngularJS, server and business logic in C# and ASP.NET, and a little bit of database design/upkeep with NoSQL. I was also part Business Analyst (cross-functional team) and sat with the clients to get the requirements and lead the addition of a new feature (but also code some parts because.. well my job description.)

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As for mobile app development, I've done them for school projects and whatnot. I've only used the Xamarin.Forms framework (self-taught), which lets you build out Android, iOS, and Windows apps all at once. So I code it in C# and the designs in XAML, and the framework compiles and renders into that operating system's native platforms! If you want to read up on it:
https://www.xamarin.com/forms
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/#Is_Xamarin.Forms_right_for_your_project

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Hobbies:
ANIMALS! Love em :)
Staying tight with all my family all the time
Rock climbing, kayaking, hiking (I'm still super slow)
Training for a triathlon (not gonna join one any time soon, haha)
Programming fun lil projects
Playing violin
Watching Bob's Burgers and Gotham and Steven Universe
Nuanced debates/discussions with people with which I agree and/or disagree
Consuming stories (in any form: novels, comics, cartoons, movies, oral storytelling, plays)
Beer
Finding cool underground artsy things everywhere I live/visit
Nostalgia gaming (N64, Gamecube, Gameboy)
Live performances (bands, theatre, dance, orchestra - like ANYTHING)