Welcome!

A little About Me

Hi, my name is Charles Tucker. I am currently a student at Cornell University finishing out my final Semester. I am studying Computer Science in the Engineering College, and I am on the Cornell wrestling team. I am currently looking for full-time employment as a Software Engineer. This is my first attempt at making a website from scratch that is not only informative but also somewhat appealing. This is currently a single page, but I am in the process of making this a multiple page website with really cool styling. Thank you for visiting please continue to read to learn more about me.

Computer Science

School

Computer Science Classes I took include:

Professional

Arms Software

What I did
  • Designed, implemented, and tested new features on an NCAA Athletic Department web application with a Java backend and a JavaScript front end using Apache and Hibernate web tools
  • Maintained live version of the site and migrated sections of the live version to new unreleased version with three team members
  • Collaborated with a team of three interns tasked primarily with maintenance for the released version of the site and secondarily with the migration of a section of webpages to the new unreleased version of the website
  • Presented daily updates to the engineering team during stand-up meetings to explain progress, possible setbacks, and plans moving forward
What I learned
  • This was my first introduction to Hibernate.
  • This was the first time seeing a java web application
  • I became more proficient in JavaScript and JQuery
  • Got more comfortable in working with a large codebase
  • Became more comfortable with working with and on multiple environments
Overall Experience Overall this Experience was great. I learned that I enjoyed being a developer. I love solving the stories that I was tasked to. The environment of the office was great. The coding team were very accessible for any question I had. The coding team interacted with other teams in the office, and it was just a fun environment to learn and grow.

GiveGab

What I did:
  • Extended and tested features on website platform for nonprofit organizations with a Ruby on Rails backend and JavaScript front end
  • Resolved errors and bugs in the code through solo and peer programming with a developer
  • Studied and applied newly versed languages and web tools such as Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and SQL during the internship
What I learned:
  • Languages and Fameworks exposed to and used includes: Ruby, Rails, HTML5, CSS, SQL, and JavaScript
  • First exposure to a large codebase
  • I actually liked developing even though it's really hard sometime
  • Peer programming
Overall Experience: Overall I enjoy my Experience here. This was a great company with start-up energy which I loved. I came into the internship not know basically anything about web development and left with a nice understanding of how the web stack works. The environment and the people there were great. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot.

School outside of Computer Science

Classes I took in college included:

Technical

Math
  • Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
  • Linear Algebra for Engineers
  • Differential Equations for Engineers
  • Prove It!
Physics
  • Physics I: Mechanics & Heat
  • Physics II: Electromagnetism
Chemistry
  • Engineering General Chemistry
Material Science Engineering
  • Nanotechnology for Global Health and a Sustainable World
Engineering Distribution
  • Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics
Operations Research & Information Engineering
  • Industrial Data and Systems Analysis
  • Optimization I
  • Engineering Probability and Statistics II

Non Technical

Wrestling

My Journey

I started wrestling when I was 5 years old at the Worcester Academy all sports Summer Camp. At this camp, we played all different types of sports every day. One sport that stood out to me was wrestling. I talked about it non stop to my parent so they found me a place to start wrestling. After this summer camp, I started wrestling at the local rec program. It was K-8 and we wrestled in the elementary school gym. After my first year of wrestling, I started going to this new club called Doughboys Wrestling Club. Currently, it is a powerhouse new England wrestling club. When I joined the club it had about 15 kids and it was run out of the Lowell Boys and Girls club .

Up through middle school, I wrestled for a couple of club programs. Some include the Doughboy Wrestling club (Lowell MA), All American Wrestling Club (Latrobe PA), Snakepit Wrestling Club (Lawrence MA). In middle school at Worcester Academy (where my journey began), I started wrestling in varsity team practices with another middle school student with a mature knowledge of the sport (my sixth-grade year). The following year (my seventh-grade year), I wrestled with the varsity team again and started wrestling in some of the varsity matches at the lowest weight. My last year in middle school, I wrestled in most varsity regular-season tournaments and matches. While I was wrestling for the Worcester Academy varsity team, I was also competing in national club duals and some national club tournaments.

More coming soon.

What I have done

Coming soon.

Other Activities

Entrepreneurial

Veribuy

Veribuy is a start-up that hopes to be an online platform where users can buy and sell verified sneakers from one another. This is a start-up I joined in late 2019. I am currently their CTO and in charge of creating and maintaining the platform.

Other Professional

First Internship (comming soon)

What I do for fun