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Your Name: Raymond Gan | |
Github Username: rayning0 | |
Blog Url: http://rayning0.github.com | |
Tagline: surgery, teacher, chemical engineer, and web developer | |
Profile Picture: http://bit.ly/1anelur | |
Project Euler/algorithms code: https://github.com/rayning0/ProjectEuler-and-Algorithms | |
Favorite Websites: Project Euler (http://projecteuler.net/), fantastic site for computer science/math practice questions. Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/), fantastic site to take hundreds of free online courses from top universities. Longform (http://longform.org/), site that recommends excellent long-form non-fiction from around the web. This American Life (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/), my favorite radio show. It's mesmerizing, each week covering some strange and intimate aspect of American life. The stories are as addictive as butterscotch popcorn! | |
Previous Work Experience: Surgical Neurophysiologist for 4 years. Worked on over 400 surgeries at over 50 hospitals with over 50 surgeons, in 7 states. Started in Boston at 5 hospitals connected to Harvard Medical School. Tutored college and high school students for 8 years. Also taught MCAT at Harvard and Boston University, for Princeton Review. Web/database developer and consultant for 3 software companies, including IBM Global Services Consulting. Chemical and process development engineer for Applied Materials, plus semiconductor companies like Motorola. | |
Short Bio: As a former spinal surgery guy, chemical engineer, web developer, and teacher, I love creativity and a steep learning curve. Want to help people in multiple industries with my code. Am passionate about studying algorithms and fascinated by machine learning. I also love writing, analyzing people, and acting like a journalist. Would love to be a consultant, serving customers in multiple fields. Am also interested in entertainment/television and medical applications, like expert systems IBM Watson to help doctors make smarter medical diagnoses. | |
Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/rgan0 | |
LinkedIn URL: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/raymond-gan/1/801/ba | |
Education: BS Chemical Engineering (with Applied Physics), UC Berkeley | |
Stanford CS 106A (Programming Methodology, in Java) | |
Stanford Machine Learning (Coursera) |
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