CSE-110-Lab1

Arnav Kamdar’s User Page

Who am I?

Hi! I’m Arnav Kamdar, a second year computer science major. I have an ardent passion for programming and a zeal to learn more and have fun in the process! My work ethic and my career goals are defined first and foremost by happiness - I strive to find an environment and job where I feel fulfilled and am kept on my toes learning-wise. Here are some of my hobbies:

• Hiking
• Rock Climbing
• Geeking out with friends about pretty much anything
• Exploring new places
• Building Legos!

My Software Engineering Experience

Though I strive for a great work-life balance, I put a lot of effort into all the work I do. I’ve only been programming for 2 years, and have become fluent in a host of languages. This is the order I learned them in¹:

1. Java
2. C
3. Python
4. ARM
5. PostGreSQL
6. JavaScript
7. Go
8. C++
9. NoSQL

In addition, I have interned at two companies as a software engineer over the summer of 2023, namely Insightly Analytics (based in Hyderabad, India) and Epifi Technologies (based in Bangalore, India). These have been extremely fulfilling experiences and I learned more about software engineering and work culture through these experiences than I ever have in a college course.

[!NOTE] I’m hoping CSE 110 will change this, though! Looking forward to all the learning this quarter. This is the link to my CSE 110 repository’s README file, and this is the link to some of the work I did for Lab 1.

Here’s a list of things I’m hoping to get out of CSE 110:

• Work with exceptional students who will soon become the face of the industry.
• Build strong connections with peers that can benefit me and them in the future.
• Gain a much stronger understanding of what software engineering is.
• Deliver a project worthy of standing out amongst my experiences.
• Learn to use git and other software engineering tools fluently.

Ultimately, I want to know how to amalgamate products that people need into their daily lives seamlessly.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life. - Bill Gates

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While this is definitely common for all programmers and expected, I’m still very proud that I’ve done so.

1. Something I’m particularly proud of is the fact that these took exponentially less time to learn each time, with the last ones taking just a few hours to get my footing with and a few more days to conquer. ↩