About

I originally hail from South Burlington, VT and am currently a software engineer at Jane Street Capital. Before starting at Jane Street, I studied computer science with a minor in government at Harvard College. Amongst other things, I’m interested in politics, functional programming, and traveling to the world’s craziest places. Please see my LinkedIn profile for a detailed work history.

Timeline

  • Winter '14, Summer '15, Aug '16 - Present

    Jane Street Capital: Software Engineer

  • Sept '12 - May '16

    Harvard University: A.B. and S.M. in CS

  • Spring '14, '15, & '16

    Harvard SEAS: Teaching Fellow

  • Summer '14

    Google Inc: Software Engineering Intern

Travel

This website is mostly a record of the trips that I’ve taken and those that are yet to come. Below is a timeline of my traveling, with links to blog posts where available.

  • Various: China and Canada
  • February/March 2012: France (and brief Spain excursion) with TIE
  • March 2014: Iceland
  • March 2015: “7 Countries 7 Days” - Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria
  • June 2015: Hong Kong and Thailand
  • March 2016: North Korea
  • Summer 2016: “Sojourn through Soviet Satellite States” - Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Moldova.
  • Summer 2016 Trip 2: Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Italy.
  • December 2016: The UK and Ireland
  • March/April 2017: “Way to HK” - Morocco, Senegal, UAE (Dubai), Hong Kong*, and South Korea
  • October/November 2017: “Easter Island Adventure” - Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay
  • April 2018: Mexico
  • July/August 2018: Japan, Hong Kong and China*, and Finland
  • October 2018: Trinidad and Tobago
  • December 2018: The UK* and Portugal
  • March 2019: Iran and (separately) Poland and the UK*
  • June 2019: Svalbard, Norway, and the UK*
  • September 2019: The UK*, Tunisia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
  • February 2020: New Zealand and Australia
  • October 2021: Jordan and Lebanon
  • March 2022: Guatemala
  • May 2022: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia
  • June 2022: Iceland* and Greenland
  • July 2022: The UK*
  • September/October 2022: The UK* and Pakistan
  • February 2023: Taiwan, Hong Kong*, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  • April 2023: Poland*, Austria*, Slovenia, Italy*, San Marino, and the Vatican
  • June 2023: The UK*, Turkmenistan, and Turkey*
  • September/October 2023: The UK*, Cyprus, Israel, and Palestine
  • December 2023: The UK*, Sweden*, and Norway*
  • January 2024: Colombia
  • March 2024: Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong*, the Philippines, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands
  • April 2024: El Salvador
  • June 2024: Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina*
  • September 2024: The UK* and South Africa
  • January 2025: Togo and Benin

Latest Blog Post

25 Apr 2020 . Books . My 25 Book Bookshelf Comments

I recently stumbled upon BookTube, specifically a video which mentioned the idea of a “100 Book Bookshelf” from Will Schwalbe’s Books for Life. Like the creator of the video, I wasn’t able to come up with a list of 100 books, though unlike him I’m not sad about that. I’ve come up with “25,” in quotes because there are some bonuses and “ties.” I really enjoyed putting this together and decided to post it here, partially so I can easily share with friends and ask them to produce lists too. We all have a bit more...

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