James's education

An overview of my experience in education.

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Pre-university

I had a rather unusual experience growing up. My mother had a masters in education and decided to homeschool me after about half of first grade in public school.

For high school, to improve my chances of getting into a good university, my mother enrolled me in Oak Meadow High School, a distance learning high school for remote learning.

During this time, I ended up running a small website and IRC network for a homebrew game development and game modding community that was primarily focused on old Nintendo game systems. Check out my projects for more information.

My parents encouraged me to spend my time learning programming but they also enrolled me in Boy Scouts, where I stayed until I was eighteen years old and had earned both a spot in the Order of the Arrow and the rank of Eagle Scout. You can read more about my experience in Boy Scouts and my Eagle project on the scouting page.

University

University of Michigan, College of Engineering

Ann Arbor, MI

Graduation: December 2015
Degree: Bachelor's of Engineering, Computer Science Major, Music Minor
G.P.A.: 3.502

Courses

Operating Systems
Networks
Security
Compilers
Cryptography
Databases
Game Design
Linear Algebra

JiaoTong University (上海交通大学)

Shanghai, China

Study abroad: May 2015 - August 2015

Courses

Chinese Language
Chinese Culture

Teaching experience

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Tutor/IA (Instructional Aid) for EECS 101, September 2012 - December 2012

I helped write and teach the labs for EECS 101, a new class at the University of Michigan which was designed to encourage interest in Computer Science for students with zero prior experience.

Taught students basic smartphone app design using the MIT App Inventor to introduce programming logic to beginners.

Held regular weekly office hours for students to get help with homework and other issues.

Honor North-America Education

Shanghai, China

Part time teacher at an international high school

Developed curricula and taught Western Music History and Introductory Computer Programming with Python.

Boy Scouts

Den Chief

While in Boy Scouts, I served as a Den Chief and helped lead and teach a group of cub scouts in my community and encourage them to transition to full Boy Scouts after Webelos.

Computer skills

I've used a lot of programming languages on a bunch of different projects.

Programming languages

Roughly most experience to least.

1Python
2C/C++
3JavaScript / TypeScript
4C#
5Rust
6Bash
7PowerShell
8Java
9PHP
10Assembly (6502)

I also have significant experience running Linux, *BSD, and Windows systems, as well as building software and packaging it for all of them.

Distros I've used