About me
My journey has been less about being naturally exceptional and more about continuously pushing myself into environments where I had to learn faster, build better, and perform at a higher level.
2019 — 2026
I started my academic journey as a fairly average student. In Class 10, I scored 88%, but I was still figuring out what I wanted to pursue and where my strengths really were.
I chose Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science for Class 11. Computer Science immediately stood out to me. I became deeply interested in programming and started treating it as more than just another subject. I scored 98% in Computer Science — the highest score in my school for my batch.
In Class 12, I scored 92% in Computer Science. What had started as an academic subject had become one of the areas I was most passionate about, giving me the confidence to pursue Computer Science at university.
I joined SRM Institute of Science and Technology to pursue a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. This was where my journey shifted from learning programming to actually building software and exploring different areas of engineering.
I started participating seriously in hackathons, coding competitions and innovation challenges. Instead of spending months perfecting an idea, I learned how to understand a problem quickly, design a solution, build under pressure and present it convincingly. These experiences significantly accelerated my practical engineering skills.
During my second year, I earned an opportunity to work with Samsung R&D Institute India through the PRISM research program. I worked alongside students who were already in their fourth year and had significantly more experience and technical exposure than I did. The experience pushed me to raise my technical standards and work in a professional research environment.
My work at Samsung led to an opportunity to return after the internship. I was grateful for the opportunity, but I realized that the technical direction I wanted to pursue was different from the stack and type of engineering work I wanted to specialize in. I decided to explore broader full-stack, cloud and infrastructure-focused engineering instead.
In my third year, I joined Optimeleon as a Software Engineer. I became part of the core engineering team building a conversion rate optimization platform powered by microservices, AI and large language models. I worked on systems spanning web scraping, background processing, data analysis, content generation, conversion tracking and the product dashboard.
During my time at Optimeleon, I worked closely with the core product and engineering systems while the company was growing rapidly. During this period, the company raised €1 million in funding, giving me valuable exposure to what it means to build software inside a growing technology company.
My experience at Optimeleon also led to the opportunity to continue as a full-time Software Engineer after graduation. I was genuinely grateful for the opportunity and for the trust the team placed in me. However, I decided to decline the offer because I wanted to pursue a Master's degree focused on DevOps and Cloud Computing and build deeper expertise in infrastructure and distributed systems.
My final years of college became extremely demanding. I was balancing university coursework with professional engineering work. During the busiest periods, my days could stretch from college in the morning and afternoon to engineering work late into the evening. Eventually, the workload became difficult to sustain alongside my final-year academic responsibilities.
Alongside building software, I started sharing what I was learning through my YouTube channel. I began creating content around System Design, software architecture, distributed systems and engineering concepts. Teaching became another way for me to understand systems more deeply and communicate technical ideas clearly.
Visit my YouTube channel↗I graduated from SRM Institute of Science and Technology in 2026 with a CGPA of 9.56/10. More importantly, I graduated with years of experience building real systems, working with engineering teams, competing in hackathons, contributing to research, teaching technical concepts and exploring AI, cloud and infrastructure.
Today
Every stage of my journey has changed the way I think about engineering. From learning my first programming concepts to building production systems, working with research teams, competing in hackathons, and deploying cloud infrastructure, I've learned that growth comes from consistently putting yourself in difficult situations and learning your way through them.