TW: J*bs and Empl*yment

Contact: dkasabovn #at# gmail |dot| com

In short:

Professionally:

  • Interned way too many times but got a chance to try everything from ML → Hardware
  • Worked at a couple of quant firms
  • Worked at many startups part-time during school
  • Strongly believe there is no domain that is more interesting than another. Although I tend to gravitate towards hardware-ish things
  • I Work on unfinished side projects all the time. Though I might just finish one soon!
  • Maybe i’ll finish my ECE degree from UT. I took all the useful classes and now I just have extra-curriculars and history classes left so probably not

Personally:

  • I like tennis and badminton. If you’re in SF from Jan to March and want to hit pls let me know
  • Spotify (ignore the `__builtin` playlist)
  • I play League quite a bit, I’ve been trying to get off with the advent of YC
  • My favorite city for fun is New York, and Funchal for relaxation
  • I’ve traveled to 40-60 countries (I will count one day). I am also pretty good at geoguessr as a result
  • Being Russian, I am in fact well read on Russian literature and do enjoy it
  • I also speak Russian fluently and I’m pretty good at Spanish as I speak it when I play DoTA 2
  • I’ll take any opportunity to do anything that will culture me | I don’t have work

Favorite

Songs (In no order):

  • If I Was A Folkstar - The Avalanches
  • Literally anything by LeMair (once his bum ass activates his Spotify account again)
  • Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
  • Three - Cult Member
  • The American Experiment - MGNA Crrrta
  • I’m In Love - Ginoli
  • Marechia - Nu Genea
  • Что такое осень - DDT
  • A Beginners’s Guide to Destroying the Moon - Foster the People
  • drive ME crazy! - Lil Yachty
  • Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
  • On Form - Burna Boy
  • New Beat - Toro y Moi

Foods:

  • Red Caviar on Toast With Butter
  • Papaya Salad (w/ 5-6 chilis)
  • Smoked Herring, Potatoes, and Green Onions
  • A whole chicken from Central Market in ATX
  • Red Bean Sesame Balls from Mei Lai Wah
  • Anything prepared by my lovely roommate for me
  • Chongqing Laziji (Specifically when eaten with Alex Huang)
  • A bag of Takis after 10:00 PM when I shouldn’t
  • NOT HYUN NYC. DO NOT GO TO HYUN. A5 IS NOT GOOD.

Quote:

“the [drug] addict is just as tantalized by the spoon as he is the [drug]” - Some Random Twitter User

Movie / Book / Show:

Pusher / Brothers Karamazov / Tatami Galaxy

Languages:

R*st & C++ (specifically Variadic templates)

Animal:

Seal (undisputable)

Thing to hate on:

Twitter tech larpers

Game:

League of Legends :P