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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Slovak, Spanish
  • 24, Male
  • Member since 2023
  • Software Engineer
  • Penn State University
  • From Philadelphia, PA, USA
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About Me

New to CS, looking forward to hosting and meeting new friends. I work as a software engineer and I also enjoy playing pickleball, cooking, working out, and working on cool side projects.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To host and meet people via the serendipity of Couchsurfing. Much more interesting than the anonymous transactional relationships we would otherwise encounter while traveling.

Interests

  • cooking
  • fitness
  • running
  • powerlifting
  • technology
  • movies
  • reading
  • christian
  • catholic
  • tennis
  • biology
  • computer science
  • engineering
  • entrepreneurship
  • history
  • philosophy
  • science
  • biking
  • salsa
  • machine learning
  • theology
  • pickleball

Music, Movies, and Books

Westworld is probably my favorite show. LOTR or Dune in terms of movies. In terms of books, the New Testament, 道德经 and The Fountainhead are pretty foundational to me. I like great music from all sorts of genres, always love to get more music recommendations.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Building an app now used by multinational organizations basically from scratch.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Instant pot meal prep recipes
- Tips for early-career software engineers
- Feedback for your resume or pitch deck
- Lessons in basic Mandarin
- Architectural review of your tech stack

What I Can Share with Hosts

the deepest conversations you'll ever have, and potentially some freshly cooked meals

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