tl;dr⌗

I studied Public Health at Johns Hopkins, where I did research in virology and graduated in 2012. After graduating I continued working in virology in government, academia, and industry. In 2016, I wrote some code to analyze data I’d been working with. Learning the code, solving pesky bugs, and finally seeing the end result gave me the greatest sense of accomplishment I’d ever had. I knew I had to keep doing it. I quit in 2016 to study programming full-time through self-teaching, online courses, and a bootcamp. I got my first job in tech in 2018.

timeline version⌗

2012
graduated college

2012-14
research at USAMRIID

2014-15
research at UC Davis

2015-16
research at 4D Molecular Therapeutics

October 2016
quit my job

2016
self-studied + online CS courses

2017
iOS bootcamp + started my own app, Pawsy

2018
first iOS engineer job at Owl Cameras

2019
joined Apple as iOS engineer in Retail Apps

2020-21
relocated to NYC, switched to macOS team in Apple Media Products

2021-22
iOS at Twitter (8 months)

2022
joined Apple Notes team