Hi, I'm Nathan. I recently graduated from MIT with a math major, and I've just started working at Google in Mountain View as an engineer on Search. I've done a lot of math and algorithms for most of my life, so this job is right up my alley and I'm really excited about it!

In my free time, I like making video games, solving puzzles, playing the violin, singing (mostly choral music), and trying new places to eat. I'm also excited about teaching -- last year, I helped teach a ~150-person class at MIT based around building programs to play a computer game against each other. Helping people understand how the game worked and getting them excited about it was amazingly satisfying and fulfilling to me. I hope I can incorporate teaching into my job someday, somehow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've spent a lot of my life in a (rather insular) tech bubble, and I want to travel and see new cultures and lifestyles. Some of my most valuable moments of growth for me as a person came from talking to people at MIT who had very different priorities, backgrounds, and outlooks on life than the community I come from. I can't wait to meet more interesting people like that in the places I go.

Interests

computer science, competitive programming, video games, board games, puzzles, music, writing, delicious food

• arts
• writing
• singing
• architecture
• dining
• cooking
• technology
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• puzzles
• coding
• music
• violin
• computer science
• engineering
• history
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

books: The Kite Runner, 1984, His Dark Materials trilogy, Kafka on the Shore, the Edge Chronicles series, poetry by Mary Oliver

movies: Spirited Away, Ratatouille, Inception, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Seven Samurai, Disney movies

music: Imagine Dragons, Muse, Joe Hisaishi, The Killers, Michael Jackson, lots of video game music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to an international coding competition in Thailand as one of four people from the US! The Thai organizers took very good care of us, and the town we stayed in (Pattaya) was beautiful.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy to teach anything about any of my interests above!

I like learning about art, architecture, cooking, and history (particularly industrial history).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach lots of things about any of my interests (or tell you about Silicon Valley). I also know lots of board games and card games!

Countries I’ve Visited

Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States