# about

source: https://samliu.dev/about

hey! i'm 19 from ottawa, canada

currently, i'm...

- running programs, events & infra @ [hack club](https://hackclub.com)
- a first year student @ university of waterloo

i'm excited about...

- crafting code (i love ruby on rails)
- robotics, electronics & PCBs
- bringing people together
- silly adventures
- ???

i recently started writing, see [my writing](/writing)

---

after graduating high school, i took a gap year with hack club in vermont, usa, building gamified software platforms and irl experiences that get teens to ship technical projects.

a few things i've led @ hack club...

- [7-day hardware hackathon](https://youtu.be/dTGFOKblRc4) for 200 teens @ shenzhen, china ([repo](https://github.com/hackclub/fallout))
- [hardware grant program](https://blueprint.hackclub.com) with amd, reaching 25,000+ teens ([repo](https://github.com/hackclub/blueprint))
- [ai & robotics hackathon](https://youtu.be/esxk_nScxFQ) with amd, culminating [on-stage at CES](https://youtu.be/28cWcxYd6Tk)
- [time-lapsing app](https://lookout.hackclub.com/), tracking 60,000+ hours of work. ([repo](https://github.com/hackclub/lookout/))

---

if any of these resonate, we should chat!

you can always reach me via email

- [sam@samliu.dev](mailto:sam@samliu.dev)

if you're a teenager on hack club, i'm almost always active on [slack](https://hack.club/slack)

- [@samliu](https://hackclub.slack.com/team/U03UBRVG2MS)

i'm also on other platforms

- [github (@samdev-7)](https://github.com/samdev-7)
- [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-cancheng-liu)