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Soi Been

Soi Been

Toronto, Ontario

Biography:

Last few years have been hard work, so I'm off, developing for fun, and travelling. Milestones: defended my Masters thesis, and finally became and official PhD student (so, don't tell anyone I'm taking this year off). Attended about five demo camps, dressed like a skater boy, and presented a very well received talk still dressed in drag. Blogged till I dropped, got some artsy photos published in Graynote magazine, fell in love with a puppy and got into virtual reality games, which make me wonder if I'm not a bit too boring to do a PhD...just kidding. I learned a lot of cool shortcuts using ruby, don't know why I ever studied software architecture, it seems so irrelevant now. I wrote a paper on economic diversification within contractual reality, which I hope to publish if I ever get back to that PhD. Meanwhile, I'm founding a few companies using family money, some of which is also funding my travelling habit while I work. Great plan, no?

Types of Startups:

Virtual Reality Interactive Gaming