Hey there! Nice to meet you, my name is David. Looks like you stumbled on my blog. On here, you’ll find a (admittely, very limited) assortment of my ramblings on life, travel, software development, and whatever else that I happen to find interesting.
Since you’re on this page, I’m assuming you want to know a little more about me. I’m a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo. I studied software engineering for 5 years there. During that time, I interned (in reverse chronological order) at Airbnb, Facebook, Salesforce, Blackberry, and SAP. I’m currently working as a software engineer at Facebook in Menlo Park, California.
I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto with my immigrant family. And just like about every other Asian kid that I knew, I grew up learning piano, academically studios, and playing lots of video games - typical right? As I aged, I started to appreciate the importance of variety, in experiences, passions, and relationships. Now, I spend my time pursuing an amalgamation of the following:
- reading
- solo-backpacking
- powerlifting (you can find my workout plans here)
- learning fingerstyle guitar
- learning to cook
- writing blog entries
- practicing Muay Thai
- playing Catan with my friends
Most of the essays on this blog are for my own benefit - they help express and summarize my own experiences and learnings. However, I do hope you find some of my musings interesting or useful!
Best way to contact me would be through email! Feel free to shoot me a message at: dqian96 AT gmail dot com.