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<div class="col-md-6" id="about-content"> <div class="col-md-6" id="about-content">
<h2 class="about-title">Who I Am</h2> <h2 class="about-title">Who I Am</h2>
<p class="about-text"> <p class="about-text">
My name is Ethan Paul, and I am an engineer working in tech! I graduated as a part of Well that's a complicated question to open with. How do I sum that up into a nice, neat blurb for the
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.wpi.edu/">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a>'s internet? I can start with some simple easy to categorize attributes, that seems to be the usual
Class of 2017 with a degree in approach.
<a href="https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/mechanical-engineering">Mechanical Engineering</a>. <br><br>
I am an avid outdoorsman, a former Boy Scout, and had a lot of fun getting my I was part of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wpi.edu/">WPI</a> Class of 2017 and graduated
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/797_ENU_HTML.htm">SolidWorks Certified Professional Certification</a> with a degree in mechanical engineering. My job is completely unrelated to my degree: I work as a
(even though I don't actually use it). I'm also a Site Reliability Engineer at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wpi.edu/">Starry, Inc</a>. I like
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/">Type 1 Diabetic</a> hiking, mechanical design, and literary theory. I'm a
who enjoy's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/">Type-1 Diabetic</a>, I have a
<a target="_blank" href="https://openaps.org/">hacking my OmniPod insulin pump</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/797_ENU_HTML.htm">SolidWorks Professional Certification</a>,
and I can make a mean omelet (if I do say so myself). and have accidentally flipped over very-nearly every time I've ridden in a canoe (bonus fact: I don't
like canoes very much).
</p> </p>
<h2 class="about-title">My Interests</h2> <h2 class="about-title">What I Like</h2>
<p class="about-text"> <p class="about-text">
My interests are pretty varied and constantly changing, but most often you Oof, and I thought the last section was difficult. I don't like talking about myself, in case that wasn't
can find me programming in obvious. Shoot, that's more of a personal detail, should it have gone in the last section? Whatever,
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.python.org">Python</a>, moving on.
learning about practical repairs to internal combustion engines, or answering <br><br>
hypothetical questions on My interests are somewhat varied and changing all the time, but consistently my main interests are in
<a target="_blank" href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com">StackExchange World Building</a>. solving problems and learning about how other people solved problems. I like the
I also enjoy reading! Some of my favorite books are Isaac Asimov's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.python.org">Python</a> programming language, the history of 19th and
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46654.The_Foundation_Trilogy">Foundation Trilogy</a>, 20th centuries (particularly related to industry), and figuring out how to keep older cars working well
Patrick Ness' past their intended retirement date. I also like books! The
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13047567-chaos-walking">Chaos Walking Series</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46654.The_Foundation_Trilogy">Foundation Trilogy</a>
F.Scott Fitzgerald's (Isaac Asimov),
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4671.The_Great_Gatsby">The Great Gatsby</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4671.The_Great_Gatsby">The Great Gatsby</a>
and just about anything written by (F.Scott Fitzgerald), and
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5194.Michael_Crichton">Michael Crichton</a>. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13047567-chaos-walking">Chaos Walking</a>
</p> (Patrick Ness) are some of my favorites.
</p>
<h2 class="about-title">What I Do</h2> <h2 class="about-title">What I Do</h2>
<p class="about-text"> <p class="about-text">
I do lots of things! I work at Ok this is the easy one, I do lots of things! I volunteer with
<a target="_blank" href="https://starry.com">Starry Inc</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mindsmatterboston.org/">Minds Matter Boston</a> as a youth mentor and give
volunteer with unnecessarily enthusiastic tours at the
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.mindsmatterboston.org/">Minds Matter Boston</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://waterworksmuseum.org/">Boston Metropolitan Waterworks Museum</a>. I also
as a youth mentor, and give excessively passionate tours at the work on a few open source software projects, try to travel when and where I can, and constantly find new things to
<a target="_blank" href="https://waterworksmuseum.org/">Boston Metropolitan Waterworks Museum</a>. <s>break</s> fix on my car.
I also enjoy programming, urban and trail hiking, fixing my aging car, and maintaining
<a href="/homelab">my homelab equipment and systems</a>.
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<p class="about-text"><i> <p class="about-text"><i>
Interested in volunteering in the Boston area? Both Interested in volunteering in the Boston area? Both