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My name is Christian Rodriguez and I am a 21-year-old freelance game developer. I work on open source
projects and indie games in my free time. Ever since I was young, I have been obsessed with how computers
work. I would take apart any computer I could get my hands on just to see how everything ran under the
hood, and after my curiosity was satisfied, I would then learn about what software it was running. This
interest continued to grow until it expanded to the world of video games. I eventually took a liking to
programming, and I have studied with several programming languages since.
My dream is to eventually graduate from being a freelance game developer to a full-time one. Besides
programming and game development, I am also interested in astronomy, physics, and teaching what I know to
others.
I am currently a third-year student studying at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. I am pursuing a bachelor's degree in Game and Simulation Programming, and my studies focus on the skills required to become a game and simulation programmer. They consist of theory and hands on learning, including but not limited to: Programming, Networking, Art, Physics, and 3D modeling. My goal with this college is to start my own game development company with some good games under my belt.
> APP: Placed first in the 2019 Association of Professional Programmers’ programming competition
> FTC: Placed second in the 2015-16 First Tech Challenge competition
> STEM: Placed third in the 2018-19 PA Governor’s STEM Competition
> GitHub: 26 repositories and over 2,100 contributions (@m-byte918)
> Honors Student: Numerous honor roll placements throughout high school
> Dean’s List: Member of Penn College’s Fall 2020 Dean’s List
> Certifications: NTHS, SkillsUSA, NOCTI Workforce Competency Credential
> Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux
> Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Wireshark
> Hardware: Assembling, Installing and Configuring PC’s, Laptops, and Workstations
> Programming: C++, Java, C#, Assembly, Python
> Web: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, PHP
> Game Engines: Unity, GameMaker, Godot
> IDEs: Visual Studio, VSCode, Eclipse, PyCharm, Cloud9, Sublime, IntelliJ, Atom
> 3D Modeling: Blender, Tinkercad
> 3D Printing: Assembling 3D printers, designing and printing 3D models using CAD software
> Robotics: Designed, built, and programmed machines for various class assignments and competitions
> Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, soldering, and schematics
> Collaborating: Worked with many developers and contributed to several GitHub repositories
> Customer Service: Worked as a cashier at two Wendy’s locations for more than 3 years