Michael Vaganov

Software Engineer and Teacher in California

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Creatively driven game programmer who teaches game development.

* Grew up lower middle class family, with hard working and resourceful immigrant parents.

* An artistic loner early in life, introverted and socially awkward till early adulthood.

* Flunked the 8th grade during an existential crisis.

* Recovering game addict (worst with EverQuest, 2001)

* Achieved dream jobs: first as a game programmer, then a college professor shortly after.

* Next dream job: changing the world with a technology startup company.

* http://codegiraffe.com

* Quotes that identify my alignment: http://codegiraffe.com/quotes.txt