About Me

(in about 841 words)

Intro

I am an Asssociate at JP Morgan, where I work on pricing the securities for data commercialization. Before JP, I used to work at Goldman Sachs as a Senior Software Engineer. In my spare time, I enjoy investing in people and ideas through various platforms. I am particularly interested in projects with high social impact. If you think I can be helpful to you or your cause and would like to meet, please feel free to get in touch.

Some history

  • My parents put a computer in my bedroom in 2008 when I was 10. It was Windows Vista (then we got Windows 7) gifted by my uncle for my dad. My favorite game was Roadrash.

  • I first sent email to my dad and it was "Hi Appa" (Not Hello World).

  • I am from a small rural place in India where people could hardly afford Computers, so a lot of of my friends used to come over to play games.

  • My brother used to run C program and I got really curious because I didn't know what was Programming language even!

  • I have been taught Yoga and Abacus in my childhood and teenage.

  • I was a tech savvy kid growing up but got into Computer science when I was 18 when I decided that I want to learn Computer science and the main goal for me to build an app which is so Cool!

  • I got to know that before I build an app, its important to know core foundations of Computer Science.

  • When I was 19, I built my first app to solve the book keeping system for milk management in rural areas, which was also my course project.

  • From then, I wanted to explore different fields in Tech. I tried UX and Web development in the next sem. Machine learning and Deep learning in another sem. But overall, I liked Backend Development and occasionally front end as well than anything else. There was one thing which I hadnt done yet. Research.

  • I interned in my 7th sem at Samsung as an AI researcher Intern for 6 months before covid hit.

  • I lost my fulltime offer due to Covid-19 and started mentoring and freelancing. Also, started on writing blogs on Linkedin.

  • Found a job at a startup in 2020 and got promoted to Software Engineer 1 in 6 months from Solutions Engineer.

  • When the startup was about to lay off, it was time to leave and I found a role at Goldman Sachs and started as a Senior Software Engineer.

  • I was asked to come to London from Bengaluru to work on-site and I moved to Birmingham (Had one of the best team experience in this company, just the best people!)

  • When times were unstable in 2023, I left my job in Birmingham to join as a Software Engineer 3 at JP Morgan. I am currently working there :)

  • Right now, I am mostly experimenting with a lot of AI chatbots, websites and white papers in my free time. It's so exciting!

Ask me in person for other stories that I'm afraid to share with the internet.

I like

Travel / Geography

  • I am originally from Karnataka, India. I have since lived in Begaluru, Birmingham and London.
  • I've been to only 7 countries, want to visit more of the world.
  • In 2022, I did a roundtrip of Northern part of India for 2 month backpacking. Have been a lot of amazing places, especially Manali.
  • In 2022, I switched jobs and visited the UK and Ireland.
  • In 2023, I visited Kenya which was in my bucketlist for so long for the best Safari in the world.
  • I would like to climb Mount Everest some day.

Fun facts

  • I low key want to be a content creator (trying...)
  • I cook very ordinary food.
  • I almost always have a sketchbook and a journal with me.
  • I can't locate every country on a map.
  • I sometimes engross myself in the technicalities of Cinema, it's a huge project management, had a question if they run a sprint :P
  • I am very bad with directions and usually a passanger princess (Need to learn driving very quick)
  • I stack-rank coffee shops, restaurants, and every dog I see in London.
  • I added this page because many people complained that my site was just my resume.

I dream of

  • Inspiring and feeling inspired.
  • Enabling a brighter future for everyone, regardless of political or socioeconomic status.
  • Treating every individual with genuine kindness and respect.
  • Staying curious.
  • Continually improving. Always in a beta.
  • You not checking the commit history for earlier drafts of this file.

Websites from people I admire

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