Martin
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About Martin
Martin is one of the original members of CompSci.ca. His birthday is January 15th, 1986, which makes him 20 years old and quickly catching up to the venerable wtd.
Currently he is a student at the University of Waterloo, on a coop term in Japan (and has some pictures to share) working for Epson as a code monkey. An ex-computer science student, he now studies applied mathematics and is also pursuing a minor in economics. He will be back in Waterloo for his 2A term in the Fall of 2006.
When Martin was in grade 10, he met Tony online while bitching about his marks on another Turing help website.
He occasionaly goes by the alias 'Drealoth' while online - a homage to one of his old Dungeons & Dragons character.
Co-operative Education
Martin is a Waterloo co-op student, and has held two co-op jobs.
January 2005 - April 2005. Department of National Defense, Kingston, Ontario. For his first co-op job, Martin worked for the Department of National Defense assisting in the development of their military simulation software.
September 2005 - August 2006. Epson Avasys, Matsumoto, Japan. Martin got a job in Japan. He's not entirely sure how that happened, but now he lives in the Land of the Rising Sun developing Java applications using JavaServer Faces.
Politics
Martin votes Green and thinks that you should too.
Current Projects
At the moment, Martin is developing a MUD called The Antithesis. It is in the very early stages of development.
Other interests
Martin is a huge indie rock fan, especially Canadian indie rock. His favourite bands include The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, The Stars, Death from Above 1979 and Broken Social Scene. His favourite beer is Stella Artois.
Quotes
"JavaServer Faces + Japanese Error messages + Japanese Specification makes for one very confused Canadian code monkey."[1]
"Maybe God created the earth mid-stride 100 years ago. I mean, who would want to sit around and wait for billions of years for something interesting to happen. Here, God gets an exciting 50 years complete with an economic collapse and two world wars."[2]
