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Sr. SRE at Media.net

About

I always thought my dream was to be a movie critic for some small newspaper in some part of the world, just sitting back and watching movies after movies with a big bucket of popcorn and a can of coke by my side and more importantly, getting paid for it. It seemed appropriate too for a while, given my love for storytelling and popularity among friends for recommendations. But little did I know then, that soon this dream of mine was going to change in a colossus manner. The year was 2014, first week of my school in grade 11. I chose computer science as my elective because I didn't want economics, which was the only other choice. Before this, I had only used the computer for watching movies and series (obviously), making reports and presentations as schoolwork or playing games (Counter strike rocks), and the only thing close to 'programming' I ever did was way back in 6th standard, which was Turtle Graphics. But now, I was introduced to Python. It blew my mind and got me addicted in an instant. For the next 2 years, when I was supposed to be studying and preparing for college, I spent most of the time exploring this new universe, programming. When my teacher asked us to develop a small python project as part of the final presentations, I ended up implementing the classic Battleships Game on a graphical scale when my classmates were doing question-answers and scientific calculators. And by the time I joined college, disappointed and distraught from missing out on a top tier one, I was certain of only one thing, that one day I have to become an able and reputed Computer Engineer. College provided me with the resources and people I needed to take me further in my journey. I studied new languages, algorithms, computer architectures and designs, higher mathematics and the boring HSS courses that no one likes. And it was here that I learned that there is no limit to learning if you are willing to put in the efforts. So now, in the industry, I work with the same philosophy. There will be times when I may not know somethings, but you can bet that I will learn as much as I could about it and get the job done. I believe that the two major characteristics that every individual should possess are honesty and punctuality. With a background rooted in Python, a drive to take charge and a will to create new things that solve the problems, I'm looking forward to this new chapter of my life. Also, I can play piano, solve rubik's cube in a minute and would love to challenge you for a match of chess! Just let me know when.

Location

India

AI stack

claude code

github copilot

Work experience

Site Reliability Engineer at Media.net, Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Site Reliability Engineer Intern at Media.net, Jan 2020 - Jun 2020 · 6 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Software Engineer Intern at SLK, May 2019 - Jul 2019 · 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - Information and Database Management Systems at The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Aug 2018 - Nov 2018 · 4 mos, Jaipur

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, The LNM Institute of Information Technology

12th Standard, PCM + Computers, Mayoor School - India