What I've Been Up To

Fall 2020

Tuscaloosa, AL

• Took 3 CS Classes (Data Science, Algorithms, and Databases)
• Produced one new episode of The Louis and Kyle Show per week
• Worked on Aura Beverage Co
• Completed my first marathon
• Achieved the full splits and came very close to a 60 second handstand

Summer 2020

Arizona

• Mentor for Crimson Entrepreneurship Academy Students
• Completed the 75Hard Challenge
• Reached 25+ Interviews on The Louis and Kyle Show
• Started prioritizing Body Weight Skills and Mobility

Spring 2020

Tuscaloosa, AL and Las Vegas, NV

• Lived at home to be with family during the COVID-19 Quarantine
• Started The Louis and Kyle Show
• Moved this website to Webflow, wrote a few more articles
• Became very interested in RoamResearch
• Passed Data Structures & Algorithms, Microcomputers, Photoshop, and Linear Algebra
• ‍Gained 20 lbs in 60 days by tracking calories/ drinking half gallon of milk a day (still not sure if this was a good call)
• ‍‍Accepted into graduate program in Computer Science at UA
• Broke 225+ on bench press and back-squat

Fall 2019

Southeast Asia

• Study Abroad at Mahidol University International College in Bangkok, Thailand
• Visited Hanoi, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tokyo, Japan, Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Singapore. Also explored a lot of Thailand.
• Was obsessed with Notion.so
• Took Finance, Marketing, Management and Conversational Thai

Summer 2019

Tuscaloosa, AL and Black Rock City, NV

• Went to Burning Man
• 16 Week Co-Op in HR at Mercedes Benz US International in Vance, AL
• 9 Week Crimson Entrepreneurship Academy Participant (Part-time)
• Attempted David Goggins 4-4-48 challenge, quit at 28 miles

Sophomore Year (Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)

Tuscaloosa, AL

• Ran my first half marathon
• 17 Week Co-Op in Electrical Engineering (Vehicle Technology Quality) at Mercedes Benz US International in Vance, AL
• 4.0 in Intro to Software Engineering, Discrete Math II, Theory of Probability, Racketball, Digital Logic, Honors Professional Development, & Accounting
• Startup Weekend Tuscaloosa Finalist, won 500$ in a pitch competition
• Went the full academic year without social media (highly recommend)

Summer 2018

Jerusalem, Israel

• 6 Week Software Engineering Internship at AutoLeadStar
• Shorashim Birthrite  (10 day Tour of Israel)
• Went to Mykonos, Athens, and Santorini, Greece
• Went to Petra, Jordan
• Started blogging a little bit
• Ate falafel every single day

Freshman Year (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)

Tuscaloosa, AL

• Joined Alpha Epsilon Pi, served as Rush Chair and Brother at Large
• Started reading books outside of school
• Took first Programming Class, went to my first hackathon
• Took Music Appreciation, didn't appreciate it very much
• Got my ring-muscle up, started running sometimes
• Read Deep Work by Cal Newport (for the first time)
• Was very into Thomas Frank content

High School (Fall 2013 - Spring 2017)

Henderson, NV

• President of Speech and Debate Team
• Very involved in Jewish Youth Group (NFTY)
• Graduated as a Valedictorian and gave the speech
• Accepted full-tuition scholarship to the University of Alabama
• Had a cross-fit phase junior year