Tom Bu
Student at Skidmore College
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Bu is a software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building systems across robotics, embedded Linux, and enterprise applications. He contributed to porting Arch Linux to MIPS64 r6 and implemented open-source fixes early in his career, showing a practical low-level systems aptitude alongside higher-level .NET and Java EE work. More recently at Nimble Robotics he worked on software for real-world automation in the Bay Area, blending engineering rigor with product-facing delivery. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Skidmore College and is pursuing media-and-creative-focused graduate studies at USC, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and creative sensibility. Outside of engineering he identifies as an art student and railfan, hinting at visual and observational interests that inform his approach to design and problem solving. Based in San Francisco, he brings cross-domain curiosity and a track record of shipping pragmatic solutions across hardware-adjacent and application software stacks.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (Media and Creative Technologies), Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (Media and Creative Technologies) at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Skidmore College
Github Skills (78)
metadata10
infrastructure10
trackpad10
build-configuration10
autobuild10
prebuild10
bluetooth-hid10
driver10
touchpad10
hid9
usb-hid9
spi9
bluetooth9
windows-driver9
acpi9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
late-in-autumn/skulls-x230t
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
merge/skulls coreboot distro with better ThinkPad X230 Tablet support
Contributions:63 commits, 28 pushes, 6 branches in 9 days
corebootskullstabletthinkpadmerge
late-in-autumn/Social-Mobile-Games-Code-Benders
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Social Mobile Games Fall 2020 Course Project
Contributions:25 reviews, 36 PRs, 80 pushes in 1 month
mobile-gamesfallandroidgames
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