After spending my summer as a UX Design Intern at Google NYC, I am back at Georgia Tech to finish my Masters in HCI. Previously, I have worked at Vunet & Medtronic.

My computer science background equips me to take on complex technical questions, it’s a skill I hold close to my heart. Eventually, it was my fascination and curiosity of human interactions that brought me to design.

Sometime in the past one year, I have grown to realise that one of my strengths as a designer to embrace ambiguity that comes with any creative work. When it comes to people, I have always seen great value in being a part of cross functional teams. My ideal team is akin to a community that I can learn from and rely on.

Recently, I have been exploring how I can reprogram my relationship with social media. In an attempt to shift it's usefulness from curation to contemplation, I decided to document ordinary, non glamorous, raw moments of everyday life on smoljoys.doc.

I deeply value human connection, and the power of community. I am an amalgamation of the many brilliant thought leaders that I admire, such as Doug Engelbert for his vision of ubiquitous computing, Bell Hooks for placing emphasis on what it means to have a 'love ethic' and Naval Ravikant for sharing his wisdom on wealth and happiness. I also really like Randall Munroe's XKCD comics and Tim Urban's Wait But Why.