What I've Been Up To
Fall 2020
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Took 3 CS Classes (Data Science, Algorithms, and Databases)
- Produced one new episode of The Louis and Kyle Show per week
- Worked on Aura Beverage Co
- Completed my first marathon
- Achieved the full splits and came very close to a 60 second handstand
Summer 2020
Arizona
- Mentor for Crimson Entrepreneurship Academy Students
- Completed the 75Hard Challenge
- Reached 25+ Interviews on The Louis and Kyle Show
- Started prioritizing Body Weight Skills and Mobility
Spring 2020
Tuscaloosa, AL and Las Vegas, NV
- Lived at home to be with family during the COVID-19 Quarantine
- Started The Louis and Kyle Show
- Moved this website to Webflow, wrote a few more articles
- Became very interested in RoamResearch
- Passed Data Structures & Algorithms, Microcomputers, Photoshop, and Linear Algebra
- Gained 20 lbs in 60 days by tracking calories/drinking half gallon of milk a day (still not sure if this was a good call)
- Accepted into graduate program in Computer Science at UA
- Broke 225+ on bench press and back-squat
Fall 2019
Southeast Asia
- Study Abroad at Mahidol University International College in Bangkok, Thailand
- Visited Hanoi, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tokyo, Japan, Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Singapore. Also explored a lot of Thailand.
- Was obsessed with Notion.so
- Took Finance, Marketing, Management and Conversational Thai
Summer 2019
Tuscaloosa, AL and Black Rock City, NV
- Went to Burning Man
- 16 Week Co-Op in HR at Mercedes Benz US International in Vance, AL
- 9 Week Crimson Entrepreneurship Academy Participant (Part-time)
- Attempted David Goggins 4-4-48 challenge, quit at 28 miles
Sophomore Year (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Ran my first half marathon
- 17 Week Co-Op in Electrical Engineering (Vehicle Technology Quality) at Mercedes Benz US International in Vance, AL
- 4.0 in Intro to Software Engineering, Discrete Math II, Theory of Probability, Racketball, Digital Logic, Honors Professional Development, & Accounting
- Startup Weekend Tuscaloosa Finalist, won 500$ in a pitch competition
- Went the full academic year without social media (highly recommend)
Summer 2018
Jerusalem, Israel
- 6 Week Software Engineering Internship at AutoLeadStar
- Shorashim Birthrite (10 day Tour of Israel)
- Went to Mykonos, Athens, and Santorini, Greece
- Went to Petra, Jordan
- Started blogging a little bit
- Ate falafel every single day
Freshman Year (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Joined Alpha Epsilon Pi, served as Rush Chair and Brother at Large
- Started reading books outside of school
- Took first Programming Class, went to my first hackathon
- Took Music Appreciation, didn't appreciate it very much
- Got my ring-muscle up, started running sometimes
- Read Deep Work by Cal Newport (for the first time)
- Was very into Thomas Frank content
High School (Fall 2013 - Spring 2017)
Henderson, NV
- President of Speech and Debate Team
- Very involved in Jewish Youth Group (NFTY)
- Graduated as a Valedictorian and gave the speech
- Accepted full-tuition scholarship to the University of Alabama
- Had a cross-fit phase junior year