Aidan Yaklin
Software Engineer
Quad Cities Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAidan Yaklin is a self-taught software engineer and University of Illinois Computer Engineering student with roughly a decade of hands-on experience building embedded systems and higher-level automation tools. He has led software development for FIRST Tech Challenge robots and mentored multiple teams, giving him practical expertise in low-level firmware and system integration alongside more traditional software automation. Aidan interned at NVIDIA, further sharpening his skills in a high-performance engineering environment, and pursues GC/Wii reverse engineering as a hobby that reflects deep curiosity about legacy hardware and systems. Based in the Quad Cities, he balances formal education with independent projects and electronics tinkering, often turning hobbyist exploration into robust, real-world solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stackoverflow
330reputation
7kreached
11answers
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Github Skills (20)
minecraft10
minecraft-forge10
installer10
robot-controller9
controller9
android-studio9
robot9
linux8
android7
swing6
design-patterns6
scroll6
java6
javafx6
sdk3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ftc-team-8813/ftc_8813_master
Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
The Winter Soliders FTC App Repository
Contributions:4 releases, 403 commits, 30 PRs in 2 years 6 months
winterftc
cdbbnnyCode/modpack-installer
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
CurseForge modpack installer for Linux users
Contributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 9 months
minecraftminecraft-forgelinux-usersinstallerlinux
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