My name is Osbaldo Arellano, and I’m a senior at Oregon State University, studying Computer Science. I grew up in Gervais, a small farm-working community in Oregon. In my free time, I enjoy playing challenging video games; right now, I’m tackling Lies of P and Baldur’s Gate 3, both of which are fantastic (and notoriously difficult). When I’m not gaming, I’m fishing for salmon and trout in Oregon’s scenic rivers, or getting lost in a good book—currently, I’m reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
My interest in computers and software started early. In middle school, my obsession with having the best-looking MySpace profile led me to dive into editing HTML and CSS. I remember being fascinated by how changing a few lines of code could transform an entire webpage. That curiosity stayed with me through high school, where I spent many hours and days downloading and tinkering with all kinds of apps. Even though I didn’t fully understand how they worked back then, I knew I wanted to be a part of creating something just as cool.
After high school, I took a different path and worked as an HVAC technician apprentice for three years. I was just a year away from earning my journeyman license when I made the difficult decision to pivot and pursue my true passion: computer science. I enrolled at Chemeketa Community College and realized that I’d made the right call the moment I started my first programming class. Now, after years of coursework and hands-on projects, I’m preparing to graduate from OSU.
I’ve completed three internships—one in back-end software development and two in DevOps engineering. I’ve also taken courses covering everything from parallel programming to algorithms. While I don’t have a specific favorite technology or framework, I do enjoy working on .NET/C# projects because of its focus on object-oriented programming principles.
Currently, I’m working on a multi-cloud Kubernetes platform, which you can check out [here]. I’m also blogging about everything I’m learning throughout this project.
Feel free to reach out to me at arellano@oregonstate.edu.
