Student. Programmer. Cool guy.
I’m a Systems Design Engineering student at the University of Waterloo currently in my 4th year of studies. A lot of people ask me, “what the heck is Systems Design Engineering”? Well, it’s engineering first of all, as in you make stuff. Real stuff. Ideally, stuff that helps people, and hopefully, stuff that is fun to build.
Basically, Systems Design Engineering is about engineering in a multidisciplinary form – I know bits and pieces about hardware, software, mechanical, electrical..you get the drift. However, I’m not really a jack-of-all-trades (although sometimes I wish I was). My interests lie in front-end engineering, human computer interaction, mobile, web, and writing software that actually helps people.
But School !== Life && Life > School
Outside the classrooms, I’m into photography, cricket, tennis, running around aimlessly and fooling around with new technologies that come out. Also a pretty big fan of Greek and mexican cuisine. Yum?
All play and no work makes Tilo a dull boy. And vice versa.
I’ve had the chance to intern at some great companies and work on some really cool stuff. Currently, I’m a front-end engineering intern on the YUI Team. I stand on the shoulders of giants and write modules and components in JavaScript that improve the library. I’ve worked on stuff such as Datatable, Scrollview, Recordset, Panel, and Widget. I’ve also given a talk at YUIConf on “How to handle data in YUI3″. Check out my Github account for some more technical details, or view my commit history for YUI.