About Me
I was born in Mumbai, India, a place known for its vibrant culture, bustling streets, and beautiful coastal views. Growing up in this environment shaped my perspective and interests in many ways.
Early Childhood
Early childhood moved to Pune, India, where I spent my formative years. went to school here. basically home. met the people i hate. made friends i could trust. best yet.
School Life
I was the quiet chill kid, who knew how to have fun. No complaints from the teachers, lots and lots of friends (most I'm still friends with). Later school years I realized this is the best it gets and started to enjoy more. More complaints from teachers, but more memories. Realized I was charismatic and also that I could dance - who would've thought! These senior girls who were so cool and great at dancing told me I was good at dancing, and that's when I realized I might not be as bad as I thought.
High School
In India, you have to change schools in your sophomore year, and so I did. This was 2019, and early 2020 before the COVID pandemic happened. In these 9 months, I met the best people of my life that I still talk to and make sure I see every time I go back home. It changed the way I looked at life (in just 9 months). I found the love of my life in school too. Sadly we broke up that same year (2020) but it's okay (I still miss you btw).
We made GREAT memories (we used to aura farm in the lunch break while walking to the washroom). made a teacher cry once and the principle was the substitue teacher for a week cause the teacher couldn't handle the class. she was nice tho we found out later.
i remember us not being given "free games periods" cause we were the first science batch & teachers would rather teach us, we didnt like that wrote a letter to the principle and had a subject added as an option "physcial education". everyone was in CS before this (didnt wanna be). asked my mom if i could switch from cs to pe and she said no. here i am, machine learning swe developer and stuff. best decision my mom took for me that year. no regrets. trust people you love, they know you better than you do.
Gap Year
Things got challenging here. I was lost in life, partly due to a breakup and partly because I didn't want to follow the same path as others. I wanted to pursue different things. Fear of not making it in life kicked in, so I decided to take a gap year (whether by choice or not is up to you to decide). I learned a lot, made money, and made friends while doing it too. By the end of it, I decided it was time for college, but I didn't want to get trapped in the sad system of higher education in India. So I took the SAT, applied to big schools and small ones, and got into all of them (berkeley too). I decided to go to University of Cincinnati, USA.
College Life
when i got here i was so lost. istg. i knew nothing, had nothing building from ground up. people hate indians here which didn't help. sad honestly. have to go above and beyond just for people to see you as human and one of them. i was lost didnt enjoy being here at all.
a lot has changed since then. work in progres....
Current
uncertain what the future holds, especially with the current state of the world. currently surrounded by a lot of good people, especially bearcats electric racing. they humble me, support me. ive completed 2 coop rotations as a swe (ai focused in teh second one). im learning and building. IM YEARNING. i have a lot to achieve tho. not even 1% of the way there. dont like who i've become tho. its okay sometimes you have to sacrifice what u want and yourself for the bigger picture. lots to prove wrong, lots to prove. period. no more relationships are being upheld. with any girls(uk the reason for this, im still stuck on someone i broke up with 4 years and 7 months ago), friends, family. just me and work. sadly. WE WILL SEE WHERE THIS TAKES ME. hopefully where i want to be. be it top or bottom. i will be there.