I have been doing this since before anyone would let me.
Iwasthekidwhoaskedforcomputerpartsinsteadoftoys.Iwantedafullcomputerforoverayearbeforemyfatherfinallybuiltmeone—andonceIhadit,Linuxfeltlikeitwasmadeforpeoplewhowantedtotinkerwitheverything,soItaughtmyselfthattoo:windowborders,windowsizing,everysettingIcouldreach,nothingleftalone.
Atschool,andathome,Iwasthepersonyoubroughtabrokenlaptopto—teachersincluded.Iftherewasaschoolpresentationorevent,Iwastheonerunningthetechbehindit.Itookeverycoursemylocalcomputerinstituteofferedandkepthearingthesamething:youaresmalltobelearningthis.Theproblemwasneverthework.Itwasthatnobodywantedtohiresomeonemyage,nomatterwhatIcouldactuallydo.
SoIkeptbuilding—countlessprogramsandprojectsthatneverleftmyownmachine.Rejectionafterrejection,Ishippedrealthingsandstartedapproachingrealbusinessesdirectlyinsteadofwaitingforpermission—andeventuallytheopportunitiesstartedarrivingontheirown.
2018
Tech, not toys
Birthday money went on components, not toys. It took over a year of asking before my father finally built me a full machine — and once I had it, I never really stopped tinkering.
2021
Taught myself Linux
Ten years old, on a distro I installed myself. Then years of pulling systems apart — the OS, the network, anything I could get my hands on.
2022–24
The tech guy
Known at school for fixing what no one else could. Took every course my local computer institute ran, and was told repeatedly I was too young to be there.
2023–25
Building in private
Full-stack, mobile, automation — real projects I kept on my own machine for years because I did not have anything public to put them on yet.
2024–25
Rejected, repeatedly
I applied anyway and got turned down for my age, over and over. I answered it by building more, not less.
2026
Made it public
Pushed the work to GitHub, approached my first real client — a property firm — and shipped a lead-generation pipeline, an agency concept and a gym site. All deployed and linked in Selected Work.
May–Jul 2026
Excelerate × Saint Louis University
Mobile App Engineering Intern. Star Performer — top 1% of a 500+ global cohort, $1,000 scholarship, 100% programme score.
Now
Open to the next one
Building for clients who care whether it works, not just whether it ships.