I've just finished my PhD in computational neuroscience* at UChicago, and am now writing a fantasy novel full time and tutoring. During my degree I TA'd over a dozen courses with students from PhD students to staunchly anti-math first-year college students. To make sure my rates are worth it to my students, I specialize in three areas: code review, writing review, and technical interview prep. In code review, I'll work with you across scales from designing your program all the way down to optimization, should it be necessary. In writing review, we'll similarly cross scales from aiming your message at your target audience down to sentence flow. Technical interview prep is much more straightforward, and we'll work from McDowell's "Cracking the Coding Interview" to make sure you know all the strategies to nail those pesky questions asked by everyone from start ups to quant hedge funds.

I first started learning to program 13 years ago, and I've been programming full time in my PhD for the last 7 years. I've used a wide variety of languages to the point that I'm confident I can help you through coding in any language you may be using. The core of most programs usually transcends language (the algorithm), and so do auxiliary skills like Google-fu and debugging. Fair warning: I won't design nor debug your program for you. I'll basically be a rubber ducky that asks leading and encouraging questions. In my experience it's an effective tutoring method for everyone from complete beginners through experts.

I have most recent experience in Julia, Python, & Matlab. Previously I've used Mathematica, C, Java, R, & Haskell.

Please reach out with any questions! I'm happy to tell you whether I'll be helpful on a particular project (or type of job interview). With any luck, you won't need my help for long!

For coding and writing tutoring: Send me all materials three days prior to our session.

*My thesis studies third order correlation of neural data, applied to detecting neonatal seizures.