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I'm Jayden, a student at York University. Among other things, I like to read and write computer code.

I've founded York's game development club and have professional internship experience at companies like Scotiabank and Google. You can find my resume (here.)

I've been in love with programming and creating with computers since modifying old Nintendo games and consoles with fan-made hacking tools (don't look for my old starmen.net account, my Earthbound hacks were very bad).

I'm a big beliver in the value of quality software, and developing a holistic understanding of the systems we use to build software. Abstraction should be intentional and deliberate, not simply the default.

A Short list of programmers who inspire me

What I'm up to right now:

Yo Blog, I Graduated!

I was anticipating around minimum 6 months of job searching, but a very unexpected offer reached me not too long ago, it starts in July so I have about another week of a vacation.

If you weren't paying attention, wawaworks begin in around April. Making games with my friends! We had a prototype for a project at a few Toronto games week events if you were there. A majority of us are working full time, so expect jam sized projects until we land on something good enough to justify investing more of our time. We have a jam we're starting at the end of the month we're all excited about.

Also! If you're in the GTA and into/interested in retro game development: Fill out this form. Trying to put on a cool event potentially by the end of the year.

No very specific plans as for now, just going to get adjusted to the daily rhythm of a day-job and any new responsibilities that comes with.

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