About
Michael Gathara
The Site
The domain michaelgathara.com was acquired on December 17th, 2019. It was previously hosted on Github Pages under the domain michaelgathara.github.io. Ever since then it has slowly grown to entail a couple pages and some that are hidden. These include
The hidden pages are used as playgrounds before launching a new page or feature. The site can now also be reached through different native domains which include
- Gathara.org
- Mikegtr.com
- Mikegathara.com
These were acquired for consolidation and to make it easier to talk about and for people to remember after a social interaction
I have also consolidated my social media and other links through the domain thus visiting michaelgathara.com/{insert app here} will take you to the appropriate page
Overall I hope to continue using this domain and website to broaden my skills on the web and beyond.
About Me
Hello! I'm Michael Gathara, a highly adaptable Computer Science
student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with extensive
experience in Full Stack Development, Data Scientist and Research
Intern. I am deeply passionate about solving complex problems,
making me a natural fit for my current roles as a Teaching
Assistant and a High-Performance Computing and Programming
Languages Research Intern at the UAB Computer Science
Department. My quick learning ability and a keen desire to
constantly grow and learn have allowed me to develop a wide range
of skills that span from software development and research to
teaching.
In the professional realm, my tenure as an Intelligence Analyst II
& Software Engineer at DarkTower has further refined my abilities
in software development, project management, and experimental
design. I am especially proud of my role in developing the
DarkTower Online Dashboard, an internal tool which I built from
the ground up.
I'm not just about computers, though. I believe in giving back to
my community and am actively involved in several extracurricular
activities. As the former President of the Association for
Computing Machinery at UAB (currently an Executive Advisor), the
Executive Advisor of the Math Club at UAB, and a member of several
advisory boards, I strive to make a positive impact both within
and outside my field of study.
My interests include Artificial Intelligence and Scientific
Computing, areas I am eager to explore further. With my extensive
programming knowledge that includes Python, Java, JavaScript,
HTML/CSS, PostgreSQL & MySQL, AWS, Google Cloud, Flask & Django,
NGINX, G-Domains, C Programming Language, Simple Assembly,
Functional Programming (Racket), I am always up for a challenge.
But enough about me - I'd love to hear about you and how we can
collaborate. Feel free to reach out through any of my contact
methods listed on this site. Whether it's a complex problem you're
trying to solve, an exciting project you need help with, or even
just a chat about the latest trends in tech, I'm all ears!