Jakob Eklund
Vicepresident at Pareto Uppsala Economic Association
Linköping, Sweden
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Top SchoolJakob Eklund is a master's student in economics at Uppsala University and vice president of the Pareto Uppsala Economic Association, bringing a decade of diverse work and leadership experience to quantitative analysis and policy debate. He pairs rigorous economic training with practical people skills honed as a bartender managing high-capacity service and as a part-time logistics worker, showing an ability to perform under pressure and coordinate operations. A background as a hockey referee underscores his calm decision-making and rule-driven judgment in fast-moving situations. Off the academic track he describes himself playfully on GitHub as a "farmer, software ecologist, game designer, and conjurer of cheap tricks," hinting at creative problem-solving, systems thinking, and an appetite for building playful prototypes. Based in the Greater Uppsala area, he blends policy curiosity with hands-on leadership, positioned to translate quantitative insight into actionable student- and community-focused initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet, Beteendevetenskap & ekonomi, Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet, Beteendevetenskap & ekonomi at Klara Nya GymnasiumEkonomie kandidatexamen (ek.kand.), Nationalekonomi, Ekonomie kandidatexamen (ek.kand.), Nationalekonomi at Linköping UniversityMaster's Programme in Economics, Economics, Master's Programme in Economics, Economics at Uppsala University
Github Skills (49)
godot10
game-engine10
open-source10
game-development10
lime9
neko9
haxe7
flash7
azerothcore7
puzzle7
frontend6
entity-component6
openfl6
engine6
ansible6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jordgubben/game-board
Apr 2018 - Nov 2023
Create board game like strategy/tactics games in elm.
Contributions:8 PRs, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 7 months
gameselmstrategyboard-gametactics
jordgubben/mai-chan
Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
A puzzle game about baking bread, created for A Game By It's Cover 2018.
Contributions:165 commits, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
bakingpuzzlegamebread
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