I'm a tinkerer who learns by building. Whether it's code, cameras, or fountain pens, I need to understand how things work by taking them apart and putting them back together. I organize chaos into systems, and I do my best work alongside people who ask good questions.

Timeline

Started bike commuting to work, small step for planet earth

First ever country wide trip: 5 cities in Vietnam in 2 weeks

Somehow promoted to Senior Data Engineer

Picked up photography while exploring Berlin

Moved to Berlin during -15°C winter

Decided to self-isolate during pandemic by moving to a completely new country

Infatuated with data engineering from backend dev

Finally done with undergrad, started full time job as software developer

Stepped back from volunteering

Landed first internship as a software developer

Fell in love with Python!

Became Mozilla Representative, leading regional student programs

Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh

About

I consider myself an optimistic nihilist, finding meaning in what we humans do as a species and society, rather than what our biology dictates to us. It's always bothered me how unequal our society is and exactly how much our privilege contributes to our successes, regardless of passion or talent.

Perhaps it was this need to find meaning in being human that led me toward volunteerism. I was luckily enough to find a bunch of die-hard open source and open web fans in Dhaka who all contributed to the Mozilla Foundation, spending years engaging students in open source initiatives through the Firefox Student Ambassadors program and organizing workshops for Mozilla projects. I was also lucky enough to be part of a student-run social welfare organization, CommunityAction Bangladesh, which enabled me to help underprivileged people, albeit just a handful, improve their lives through various educational and social programs. One project I'm extremely grateful to have been part of is the winter clothes drive, where we collected old clothes from friends and family, cleaned and packed them at our drop-off stations, and shipped them to the remotest parts of the country for people without warm clothing. It warms my heart to think I was part of something that put smiles on at least a couple hundred faces :)

I've also gone through phases, even a cooking show appearance!, exploring Berlin with a camera, tinkering with fountain pens, convincing my ukulele we should be friends. The pattern is the same across all of them: understand by doing, improve by rebuilding.

I'm always up for a cup of coffee, whether in a café or virtually :) Don't hesitate to reach out through social media, or just set up a meeting directly.