Michael Dickens
Independent Researcher at Self-employed
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Dickens is an independent researcher and software engineer based in Berkeley with 12 years of professional experience and a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Sciences from Stanford. He previously spent four years on Affirm’s identity engineering team and has interned at Facebook, Gusto, and Sourcegraph working on data pipelines, regression analysis for payroll integrity, and custom language tooling. Comfortable across systems and data-focused engineering, he’s been programming since 2006 and often explores projects documented on his personal projects page. His background blends rigorous mathematical training with practical product-oriented engineering, enabling him to bridge experimental research and production systems. As an independent researcher since 2021, he continues to pursue applied problems in identity, data infrastructure, and tooling outside of traditional corporate roles. An understated detail: his early work on custom syntax analysis and production logging pipelines shows a propensity for low-level tooling that scales to product-level features.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (31)
probability10
forecasting9
run-command8
machine-learning7
monte-carlo7
stock4
org-mode4
jekyll4
finance4
emacs-lisp4
melpa4
yahoo4
python4
emacs4
financial-data3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
michaeldickens/Typing
Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
Contributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
michaeldickens/public-scripts
Jul 2020 - Dec 2024
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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