I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Handshake AI 🤝, where we're building the largest network of experts to train the next generation of AI models. I'm proud to be building a product that provides real economic opportunities to students and graduates while helping to push forward the frontiers of AI models.
Before Handshake AI, I worked at LinkedIn for five years, where I build delightful user experiences on the main news feed and homepage on the web. I was fortunate to work on accessibility (a11y) extensively during my time at LinkedIn, and it was a privlege to help make our site more accessible for everyone.
At Williams College 🎓, I studied political science and leadership studies. I took one semester of computer science in my senior year and loved it, and was able to continue programming through independent study and then at Hack Reactor 🤖, an intensive software engineering bootcamp in Austin, TX.
I currently live in the beautiful city of San Francisco, CA 🌉 with my partner Rebecca and our two cats, Nori and Kimchi 😻. Outside of programming, I love:
- reading 📚
- journaling & stationery 🖋️
- trying new restaurants 🍲
- taking pictures around SF 📷
Here are a few projects I've worked on, both on Github and elsewhere.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🌐 My blog | welson.net | My personal blog built in Astro |
| 👉 Poke automations | poke community | A few automations I've written for Poke, the AI personal assistant app |
| ✍️ chriszombik.com | link | A professional site & blog for the fantasy writer Chris Zombik |
