About Me
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A Bit About Me
I'm Kyle, a Software and Biomedical Engineering student at McMaster University. I love challenges and being involved in my community, like 70% of my undergraduate career where I've been building solutions to help the engineering student body in the McMaster Engineering Society.
How I Started Coding
I started to love programming after making a meal planner app for my mom. She was always stressed coming up with a plan for the week, so I made an app that randomized a meal plan for a list of meals that she could personalize. Seeing how much it helped her made me realize that I love building things that make other people's lives better.
Defining Moment At Scotiabank
During my co-op at Scotiabank, I took ownership of a security master (the source of truth the trading floor relies on to know what a given stock actually is) and brought it from an early prototype to something vital in production. I loved digging into the tricky edge cases nobody had looked at yet, and by the end I'd somehow gone deep enough on stock symbology that people were coming to me with questions. It's the kind of work I really enjoy: taking something rough and making it into a thing people can trust.
Managing an Engineering Society Tech Team
I've spent almost four years with the McMaster Engineering Society, and I've stayed because I love helping the community around me. It's the same reason I got into coding in the first place: taking something annoying and making it good. Now, it's just at a bigger scale. I help lead around 20 developers across a few teams building tools for the student body, like a platform to make booking events and study rooms far easier. That said, my favourite part is the people: holding weekly hours to talk through code and careers, and getting to put in a referral for a team member that kickstarted their career. I got a lot of great mentorship starting out, so being on the other side of that now means a lot.
What I Enjoy Outside of Coding
Outside of coding, I've been learning Mandarin for a few years now. 我会说一点中文，不太好, which is a humble way of saying I'm still working on it. I play classical guitar (more on that below!), I'm a big reader, and when I'm not doing either of those I'm usually out on a soccer field, halfway up a trail, or picking up whichever racquet sport a friend wants to play that week.
Classical Guitar
I've been playing the classical guitar for more than 10 years now. I've learned a lot of songs, composed my own music, and wanted to share a classical guitar piece because I feel like most people have never heard classical guitar before :)
Music I've Written
After many years of playing the classical guitar and coming up with my own little tunes, I was inspired to begin writing them down. Many of these came to life during high school, where I learned and played the cello for 4 years.
Let's Connect
Want to see what I've built, or just say hi?