Tanay Anand

I am a mentor and STEM Enthusiast, fluent in C/C++, Java, and AI/ML applications with Python.

Resume

Data Science/Analytics Internship

Cisco

Shadowed current Data Science/Analytics employees, and observed how data and pipelines are used at larger companies. Used what I learned to complete a capstone project with a group, using data to create safer railways.

June - July 2022

President Of Game Development Club

Irvington High School

Introduced members to concepts in Unity, C#, Blender and other game dev tools. Have over 30 concurrent members, host monthly Game Jams and other competitions.

March 2020 - 2022

Web Development Mentor

Shooting Stars Foundation

Teach over 600 students total, the concepts of Web Development through a series of crash-courses (10+ sets of classes around 4 months every year), starting with fundamentals (tags, elements) moving in to more advanced concepts(creating shadows and animations with CSS)

November 2019 - 2023

Hackathon Tech Mentor & Producer

AMGEN, NetScout, and other StarHacks hosted Hackathons

Helped teams ranging from 5-10 members with any technical bugs/issues they had trouble solving when creating their product for the Hackathon, fixed bugs ranging from languages ranging from flutter/react-native to HTML/CSS/JS

June 2019 - 2022

Computer Science Tutor

TheCoderSchool

Taught students languages like Java, C#, and Python, prepared them for the AP Comp-Sci Test, and had them, create projects for their portfolio.

August 2022-June 2023

Alto Saxaphonist (Jazz)

Gregory's Big Band, Horner Junior High, Irvington High

Avid Alto Saxophonist for the past 7 years, tutored over 700 students ranging from 5th to 8th grade, part of over 5 different Jazz Bands, YouTube videos with over 1000 views.

August 2013 - Present

Education

Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Program

National High School Game Development Academy (NHSGA)
Programmer (Unity C#), Developer & Audio Engineer

June 2021 - August 2021

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science and Computer Systems Engineering

Current Classes: Linear Algebra, Advanced Algorithms, Electric Circuits, Thermodynamics

August 2023 - Present

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Fluency
  • 6+ years in C/C++
  • 5+ years in Java/JavaScript & HTML/CSS
  • 4+ years in C# Unity Game Development
  • 8+ years of Computer Science Knowledge

Interests

Apart from being a STEM enthusiast, I enjoy most of my time playing/making music. I love to be outside, whether it be excercising or something else fun. I competitively play badminton.

I enjoy playing chess, and follow a number of anime series, I am an aspiring musician, and I spend a lot of my free time creating games in Unity and Unreal Engine