--- title: "about" template: "about.html" --- Photo of me Hey, I'm {% soaosed() %}soaos{% end %}, a software developer and "artist", perpetually trying to do something interesting. I'm currently living in Waterloo, Ontario. I went to college here and decided to stick around because I wuv it so much. I've been messing around with computers for a very long time. I feel very lucky to have the skillset that I do. I feel empowered to push back against the hegemonic and unfun state that the digital world has entered. Being able to self-host most of the services I depend on makes me very happy. ## 💼 My Work The darkness peeled back {{ age() }} years ago and I tumbled out, scared and confused; I became a software engineer and remained that way. I do full stack development for my day job. It may come as a shock, but I don't particularly enjoy doing web dev outside of work, and I think this helps me continue to enjoy my personal projects in other areas, such as native desktop application and video game development. Check out my [projects page](/projects) to see all the stuff I'm working on! ## 🥺 BE MY FRIEND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE If you want to do something cool together, or just shoot the shit about whatever, feel free to send me an email at [soaos@soaos.dev](mailto:soaos@soaos.dev) or (if you're a cool guy) an instant message via Jabber/XMPP at [soaos@chat.soaos.dev](xmpp:soaos@chat.soaos.dev). I'm always excited to meet like-minded and passionate people. ## ❤️ Some Stuff I Like ### > 🎶 Music I listen to a lot of different kinds of (rock) music. Recently I've been listening to a lot of post-hardcore, post-rock, and alternative rock. Big fan of prog too. Forgive me for reductively labeling these albums because I know a lot of them are way more complex than a narrow subgenre. #### > > Progressive Rock ![](/assets/music/867.png) This is the Glasshouse - 867 ![](/assets/music/act_ii.jpg) The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarging Ms. Leading ![](/assets/music/apollo.jpg) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness ![](/assets/music/jiminy.jpg) Bear Ghost - jiminy #### > > Alternative ![](/assets/music/wetdream.png) Willy Rodriguez - wetdream ![](/assets/music/twin_fantasy.jpg) Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy #### > > Post-Rock ![](/assets/music/departure_songs.jpg) We Lost the Sea - Departure Songs ![](/assets/music/lysf.jpg) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven ![](/assets/music/atebts.jpg) If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth, Below the Sky