I began working at Milara in their machine shop. Less than six months later I had been promoted to system integration on robotic sorters in the semiconductor industry. Three months later, I was promoted to field service engineering as a member of the software team.

After Milara offered to pay my tuition to earn my degree, I applied to WPI and was accepted with a substantial scholarship. I had to make a major life decision: return to college full-time or stay at the job I had secured. Now, I'm officially a robotics engineer.

Building on previous experience in logistics management, I decided to manufacture products and sell them directly to customers. I formed an LLC, dealing with everything from price modeling and product photography to web development and customer service.

Ultimately, I strategically pivoted my focus toward strengthening my technical foundation.

Utilizing my skills in manufacturing, and combining those with creativity and an intuitive understanding of market demand, I developed three simple products, all of which sold.

It was an amazing experience to come up with an idea in my mind, then a few months after meticulous planning for market delivery and profitability, I was holding in my hand a tangible version of a thumbscrew design which had previously existed only within my mind.

I began an eight-year journey into algorithmic trading as a result of the spike in Bitcoin in November of 2017. It was my first time 'investing', and it ultimately led to me taking five online courses, listening to over a dozen audiobooks, reading a few more books, then watching every microeconomic, macroeconomic, finance, capital markets, and accounting video on Khan Academy.