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Shyam Joy — black and white portrait
bangalore · 2025

i can

quick facts

quote
interests
psychology · philosophy · photography · cooking · tinkering
editor
vs code, intellij idea, cursor
experience
4+ years
last client
CHANEL

the journey

  1. 1999

    Initial boot in Wayanad, India

    Coffee plantations, coconut palms, and fog with no sense of when to leave.

    Hand-drawn sketch of Wayanad: misty hills with plantation rows and a coconut palm, with a Wayanad board
  2. 2011

    The first computer

    A shared family desktop and a pirated copy of nothing in particular. Took it apart once out of curiosity; it never fully recovered, and neither did I.

    Hand-drawn sketch of an old CRT desktop computer
  3. 2017 — 2021 education

    Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science — Anna University

    Data structures and operating systems on the syllabus; the web on the side. The degree gave me the vocabulary; the side projects gave me the reason.

    Hand-drawn sketch of a college building with an Anna University board
  4. 2021 — 2025 work

    Accenture, Bangalore — software engineer

    Four years of corporate life in Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley. Big company, big traffic, and the slow discovery that the hardest problems are rarely the technical ones.

    Hand-drawn sketch of a corporate office building with an ATCI board
  5. 2025 — 2026 education

    M.Sc. Information Systems — University College Dublin

    A year of being the new one in every room: new country, new campus, new accent to decode. I'd forgotten how much you learn when nothing is familiar.

    Hand-drawn sketch of the UCD water tower, campus building, and lake, with a UCD board
  6. 2026 now

    Dublin — the next chapter

    “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

    Hand-drawn sketch of a four-leaf clover