- 4th grade blueprint notebook after watching back to the future and feeling frustrated I couldn't ride a hoverboard to school - 5th grade I convinced my teacher that homework took the passion out of learning and that my performance would improve without it - my performance did not improve but I had more time for my blueprint notebook - in high school I slacked on my ACT practice so that I could brainstorm ways to utilize derivatives to counteract fluctuations in bitcoin's volatility - my guidance counselor asked me if I'd ever taken a calculator apart and when I said no, told me that I'd likely never be an engineer - August marked my 5th year as a software engineer at amazon robotics