Me in 10 Minutes

While I recognize that growth and experience might reshape my perspectives, here’s a snapshot of who I am as of March 19, 2024:

I’m obsessively focused on creating

I used to be obsessively focused on content creation with a TikTok profile of 150k+ followers and attempts at growing a YouTube channel.

Over my voluntary leave of absence from Princeton, I realized that I love coding and the better I get at it, the more I love it. This can be anything from API design, picking apart the internals of how a DB works, creating a full-stack web app for users, or making an ML model that detects my friends’ faces. The more I master this craft of creating, the more joy I get from my work.

I currently combine programming with content creation by writing technical blog posts for Emerge Tools picking apart mobile app architectures and improvements, aiming for top posts on HackerNews.

I prefer waking up early

The early morning hours are perfect working hours for me. I’ve tested the late night coding sessions romanticized in The Social Network and other tropes, but they don’t work for me unless I have a deadline. I get exhausted after an evening dinner, and I tend to work better when my body is fasted. I prefer the consistent regiment of waking up at 5:00 AM on the weekdays, making a cup of coffee, and getting to work.

I love EDM

Ever since I stumbled across the fellow Swede Avicci in middle school, I’ve loved electronic dance music (EDM). I especially like the anxiety-inducing, fast-paced, heavy beat drop EDM. I’m not sure if this is a reflection of my personality or if the music itself impacts my personality, but I assume it’s a mix of both.

I love learning through reading

For the past 3 years, I read mostly non-fiction books (biographies, science, self-help) to try and improve. Recently, I’ve been reading more Tolstoy and Dostoevsky through classes at Princeton. Literature has been surprisingly helpful in recognizing my flaws in the characters.

More to come…

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