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nicholas-tao/README.md

Hi there 👋

I'm Nicholas, a 4th-year Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I'm a software engineer, creator, and badminton player.

Seeking 2025 new grad roles in software engineering and always interested to hear about any cool projects you're working on!

🛠 Currently...

  • Learning about security and cryptography in CS 459
  • Making memes on Youtube
  • Getting into volleyball and pickleball (I am addicted)

🚢 Previously...

  • Did some cool stuff at Cockroach Labs (feel free to ask me about this)
  • Handled crypto payments at ETHGlobal
  • Built 1-on-1 tutoring features at Outschool
  • Worked on data infrastructure at Kiavi
  • Made developer's lives better at Wealthsimple
  • Shipped growth features at Faire

🔭 Some things I've worked on ...

  • Wave Chat, a platform that connects first-year university students
  • ApplyAI, a web app that automates the job-hunting process
  • Lynz, a web app that tracks how busy nearby grocery stores are

📫 Find me here...

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  1. cockroachdb/cockroach cockroachdb/cockroach Public

    CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.

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  2. Wave-Chat Wave-Chat Public

    Wave is a web platform that connects incoming first-year university students from the same university. By placing users in one-on-one chats with other students who are either in their program or sh…

    JavaScript 1 3

  3. lynz-backend lynz-backend Public

    A webapp to view the busyness levels of nearby grocery stores based on live data from users

    JavaScript 2 1

  4. apply-ai-frontend apply-ai-frontend Public

    ApplyAI finds and applies to jobs based on your resume, making job hunting easy.

    HTML 22 2

  5. nicholas-tao.github.io nicholas-tao.github.io Public

    My personal website

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  6. microsoft/calculator microsoft/calculator Public

    Windows Calculator: A simple yet powerful calculator that ships with Windows

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