I remember sitting in my uncle's lap watching him play Age of Empires on his personal computer. As I stared into the screen I was captivated by this "world within a world" and it became something more. It occurred to me that the computer is like a paintbrush is for an artist it is a tool to express the mind's imagination.
This curiosity for years would follow me for many years and after one fateful day where my Windows Vista computer operating system crashed. I decided to take a chance on a free operating system called Ubuntu and how I viewed the world of software hasn't been the same ever since. I began to explore this world of open source and creating simple programs in Java and Python.
Later as I pursued my degree I would have my taste of C, Javascript, HTML, Pharo, Prolog, and SQL. There is great satisfaction after hours of frustration and hard work getting a simple web application to interact with the database that was just built, or learning to properly implement a Java API that allows for Object Relation Mapping to function with SQL.
Software is about the pursuit of knowledge and the constant process of trial and error. It all begins with a simple “Hello World” which turns into a search engine, a language translator, and a super computer who can beat defeat a human in not only chess but also jeopardy.
It is this love that continues to drive me to this very day. I hope to paint my own canvas and imagine something no one has ever seen before. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk about software, hardware, or even philosophy. I am always looking for challenging and interesting projects any full-time time position opportunities are welcome.
Proficient in: Java,SQL
Contact me either through LinkedIn or direct email at chris.nguyen@sjsu.edu
