I’m Alex Maxwell, a senior at OSU. I have traveled the seas of self learning C for Linux to pass a class, to learning python, and tutoring others in C++. I am excited to finish out this year and start my life as a IT and cybersecurity specialist.
I live in Southern Oregon, near Roseburg. So that means I’m on PST. Hopefully I get lucky and within a couple of days I here from housing that some spots have opened up and that I can move onto campus. Fingers crossed after all.
I have a little cat named Mitten. She’s old and a trouble maker, but she is warm and we still love her. I am a huge trading card fan. I mostly play MTG with my favorite formats being Commander and Modern. I also play a lot of YuGiOh on Master Duel, and I have dabbled just a little bit in Pokemon. I am still waiting on for Force of Will to return for being part of the big 4.
Right now my favorite games are Warframe, Dwarf Fortress, and Total War: Warhammer. I play a lot less online FPS games now, but I still occasionally like to play Escape From Tarkov.
One of my biggest passions in life is cooking. I live to cook. I like the skill involved, I like how I can taste my improvement, and I like how it makes every meal I have be a delicious treat. My favorite think to cook is any sort of pasta that requires a sauce that takes a day to make. It always ends up so tasty.
I have always grew up with computers. My first experience was playing an old Korean mmo with my family when I was 7. It was called Atlantica Online. From there it kinda of grew. In high school I got super interested in IT and cybersecurity through watching YouTube so my passion grew out from there.
I currently work at my local community college as a tutor of math and writing. Its always so rewarding to see my clients grow and improve as the semester goes on, plus it gives me extra time to do homework while away from home.
Some of my favorite technologies include Visual Studio and WSL, cloud computing services and even some AI. I’m not to invested in these services, but at the end of the day they help get my job done.
My favorite listed project is creating the online TCG. I have a huge passion for trading card games, and I would love to have the chance to be part of a team that could work on one. I feel like my experience with card games could provide a lot to the table to help out the design of the project, while my experience in understanding how to find information to build projects will help the investigation stage of finding out how to do the project will make everything go smoothly.