Aengus Patterson
🚀 Welcome to my website!
Polyarte: A person who obtains many skills and hobbies to make themselves a better person.
📜 Manifesto
"Making the world a better place" is a faceless expression nowadays. It's something to spice up your speech when it's lacking virtue. In my case, my goals are actually fueled by altruism. Everything I do is done so that one day, society will benefit from my actions.
In a perfect world, machines would automate all the boring stuff. Houses would be 3d printed, food would be artificially produced, transportation would be synonymous with teleportation, and healthcare wouldn't even need to exist. Humans would get to do all the fun stuff like sports and art.
Sometime shortly after gaining consciousness, I realized this was still far away.
I, however, know that somebody has to work towards a better future. I love creating small tools that can help people automate tedious tasks and learning new tech stacks so I can develop bigger projects. Every second of creating and learning I do is done so that some day, I can contribute to large scale projects that will make a big impact in the world.
👩🏽🚀 Projects
- Generic Horror Game: I've made plenty of video games, but everybody has made a horror game, right? Play here
- Caption Creater: During my Junior year of highschool, I wanted to rapidly create tiktok videos as an experiment. To increase retention, I automated the process of generating captivating subtitles, using MoviePy and Google speech recognition. Example video
- Youtube Channel: Every once in a while, I upload something neat here. I started back in my Freshman year of highschool, and have learned so much about content creation ever since. View channel
🏆 Accomplishments
- National Programming Competitions: My Junior & Senior years of Highschool, I went through BPA to compete at a national level for C# & Python programming. I had a lot of fun and met many new friends. Along the way, I gained certifications, experience, and knowledge
- Personal Website: I created my own websited and hosted it from my house in 2023. I learned about Linux, Web Development, and Networking, as well as good practices and Cybersecurity.
The best way to predict the future is to create it
-Alan Kay
📶 Work History
Cybersecurity Apprenticeship
In 2023, I was introduced to a 3-phase Cybersecurity Apprenticeship program, where I got to learn Technical Support, Systems Operations Center, and Cybersecurity practices. I gained valuable work experience and took advantage of the many opportunities I was offered.
Grocery Store Personnel
In 2022, I found my first job at a grocery store. I learned about the Point of Sale systems and customer interactions, and I was introduced to Marketing & Management concepts. I was cross trained and was able to fill in for other positions as needed.
Thanks for watching!