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About

Hi there! Glad to see that you found my website, and I hope that you find some useful information here.

A little about myself. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL until age 9 when I moved to London, UK with my family. In the UK I attended two international schools and found my passion for computer science, politics, and economics. I moved back to the US to attend university at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where I am currently majoring in computer science. Recently I spent my summer as a software engineering intern at Motorola Solutions Inc. working on android development for secure VoIP solutions. During this upcomming summer, I will be working at Microsoft in the Office Group.

Apart from school, I spend my time working as the Editor-in-Chief for Rose-Hulman’s student run newspaper, The Rose Thorn.

Take a look at my resume.

Blog

13 Sep 2015 . Tech . Finding Tools Comments

As a student we are taught how things work and we replicate them to a lesser degree. It works well, for the most part, by teaching important concepts, but is often cited as being lacking in comparison to learning done “on the job.” I have found this to be especially true after experiencing it first hand. This teaching strategy fails to teach students how to properly leverage the contributions of others, which has become an increasingly valuable and necessary skill in the field of software development. I have found web development to be an acute example of this. This website, for example, is using a variety of tools that other people have made and shared with the web. Jekyll is used to generate this website,…

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Career

  • June 2016 - August 2016

    Working in Microsoft Office Group on Excel application.

  • June 2015 - August 2015

    Developed an Android VoIP application, using an open source SIP stack, capable of video and voice chat with Android Wear support.

  • August 2014 - Today

    Completing a bachelors of science in computer science.

Contact

Let’s chat! I’d love to hear what you have to say.

marc.l.schmitt@me.com