Interested in working on dynamic projects and complex models, I am fascinated by challenging problems.From childhood, I have written software for fun and convenience. The first computer game that I created was a text adventure on the Commodore 128. Later, I learned of multi-user text adventures, and immediately learned how to script things so that I could quickly change gear on my character and make a robot librarian that actually gave directions and dispensed information on a limited number of topics.I am driven to truly understand the machinery and inner workings of mathematics. I am passionate about statistics and scientific validation. I am fascinated by modeling and chose to pursue finite element analysis and other numerical techniques in graduate school. This had the added benefit of providing the opportunity to learn about aerosol coagulation, which I explored using Monte Carlo methods, writing my own code and scripts to process data, as well as statistical evaluation of that data.From there, it wasn't a big leap to pursue physics. I had the fantastic opportunity to work for the Naval Research Laboratory on the Naval Coastal Ocean Model, composing a statistical evaluation package to help validate the oceanographic model. I worked with the Energy Conversion and Conservation Center using computational fluid dynamics to model transition to turbulence. Based on image restoration and enhancement techniques, I wrote scripts to perform edge detection and eddy recognition in video of flow. I applied knowledge of signal processing, wavelets, and acoustics to attempt to recognize whales and other marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico by their calls.Meanwhile, I also worked as an AutoCAD draftsman, which required organization and attention to detail. Recognizing that the computer could do boring and repetitive tasks more accurately than I could as a human, I wrote scripts in LISP and VB so that I could spend my time building better drawings.Now I am seeking a career change into software development so as to make my hobby my career. I've learned Java; I've gotten certified with AWS. I'm doing freelance work to put together a couple of small startups' websites with Angular. And I'm continuing to learn new languages and new tools, including Python, Kubernetes, and Docker.