Hi! My name is Muhammad Rafay Khan but my preferred name is Rafay. I am a Software Engineer at Epic Systems, and an alumni from the University of Maryland with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Business Analytics.

CV

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Strengths

• Team worker - I am very understanding and co-operative when working in team and partner settings. I understand that sometimes things may come up and I may need to pick up some of their slack. I as well aim to create create a warm environment where me and my coworkers are friends and can talk through issues we find without any aggression and only with smiles and compassion.
• Patient - I believe that patience is an imporant skill to have in team, and in any life setting as well. I can help someone understand a problem or solution thoroughly and wait for them to understand clearly no matter how long it would take or how many re-explanations there would need to be. I understand that everyone learns differently and sometimes we all need different amounts of time to understand different things. I fortunately picked up this skill from tutoring peers and underclassmen in math and programming during high school and college.
• Quick learner - I am quick to pickup any tasks or skills that come my way. Usually not leaving the topic until I have have a thorough knowledge of the topic at hand. I have always loved learning and will not stop until I have a deep enough understanding on the topic. I love to figure out why some things work and other do not. And as well the best way to learn is to ask questions about what you do not understand as well as simply making mistakes and learning from them.

Weaknesses

• Tunnel Vision - When accomplishing the task at hand, I get tunnel vision into what I am fixing or implementing, I never take a step back and look at the project as a whole. I get so caught up in my work I tend to forget to take a step back, and think is there a better way to fix this or why this is happening in the first place.

More about me

Growing up I was always involved in computers and video games. Starting from when I was in middle school, I started to mod minecraft and tweak it, and even write scripts for Counter Strike: Global Offensive. This lead me to take coding classes in high school - which I excelled at and enjoyed immensely. Technology has always been an important part of my life. From something that helped me to grow as a person and get out of my shell to a tool that allows me to talk to my friends daily. Growing up as well I always wanted to make a difference, and knew technology was the way to go. I would love to work for a company who makes a positive impact in the world through their innovations. My end goal is to have a career and earn enough to then engage in philanthropy throughout the world and leave this Earth a better place than it was before.