- A complete representation of my profile is found here
- Academic Qualifications
- Professional Background
- Achievements
- Notable UIUC Reddit Posts
- What Value for MCS if I have a BS in CS + ADV?
- My Coursework Plan + Justification for MCS Chicago / DS
A complete representation of my profile is found here
👋 About Me + Working in Fintech FAQsAcademic Qualifications
- BS in Undergraduate 🌽 Studies for Computer Science and Advertising at UIUC
- GPA was over 3.0
- Notable Courses:
- CS225 & 374 - Data Structures, Algorithms, and Theory of Computation
- CS416 - took during FT Internship at the FEDs Summer 2021. Truly was FED up with my coursework at the time
- CS465 - product management and research focus leading a team of 6 students to design a sports social networking app
- CS240 - cloud computing, systems, and Flask knowledge that resulted in me landing offers in Fintech
- CS468 - tech & ad campaigns, yaasified SEO ranking algorithms for team project
Professional Background
- Engineer at Bank of America. Trying to negotiate Patagonia merch deal
- Manager: Jared Smith
- Team Lead: Eric Jiang
- Senior Engineers: George Sekalias + Annie Pan
- Summer 2023 - Kode With Klossy Data Science Instructor Assistant
- SQL + Google Collab + Looker Studio
- Created content for data viz projects for scholars
- 2022 - Product Management Intern at Motorola Solutions
- Manager: Geoff Hobar
- Mentors: Greg V and Marcin P
- I slid to someones Linkedin DMs and got the offer
- Learned how to use Pandas and Automate Excel for a 5 million radio headset portfolio line
- 2021 - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Got too fed up with the FEDs
- Web and SEO Optimization for FRB Services
- 2020 - Kode With Klossy Web Dev
- Covid struck
- Did my interview outside next to a lake
Achievements
Outside of academics, mainly lead marketing and community-building initiatives for the broader community in computing and entrepreneurship
Notable Initiatives:
- 2021 Founders Forge Midwest Startup Weekend Co-Director
- 2021 Chicago Startup Week Media Lead
- Head Course Staff for CS124: Intro to Computer Science (Taught in Java)
- Co-founder of Summer of Side Projects
- Co-Author of Research Park Recruiting Guide
- Invited Speaker of Illinois CS Teaching Workshop (2x)
- Made Illinois Admissions Establish New Process for FERPA Procedures
Notable UIUC Reddit Posts
![[account deleted] Email Template if You Want To See Your UIUC Admission File](https://www.redditstatic.com/shreddit/assets/favicon/192x192.png)
[account deleted] Email Template if You Want To See Your UIUC Admission File- [account deleted] Hoeft T&M Salary against standard Gies and Grainger Graduates
Because of my Reddit posts, I changed the way UIUC Admissions does FERPA reviewing and entire process for getting into T&M
What Value for MCS if I have a BS in CS + ADV?
- Advancement in education to take classes focusing on Cloud Computing and Data
- I am interested in project-oriented work outside of my actual job
- Advancement for a career as a data engineer and pivot to YCombinator & Big Tech sectors as a senior engineer down the road
My Coursework Plan + Justification for MCS Chicago / DS
- Weighing both options for MCS Chicago and MCS-DS route as both are relatively new programs in the CS dept.
My coursework to fulfill MCS DS requirements is as follows:
- CS 441 - AML
- CS410 - I love SEO Optimization for Google Search Ads
- CS519 - Took CS416 which I believe covers the req
- CS425 - Distributed Systems are everywhere!
- CS598 - Data Curation
- CS598 - Data Mining Capstone
- CS519 - should fulfill the advanced and breadth requirements
Resume and References - available upon request