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title: Now
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date: 2022-05-15T16:46:37-04:00
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Description: Recent Happenings in Brandon Rozek's life
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[*This is a now page, it's meant to showcase what's been going on in my life
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recently. If you have a website, consider creating one as well*](https://nownownow.com/about)
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## Professional
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I started my PhD program back in August 2021.
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So far, I've met many wonderful people including
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but not limited to the folks at the RAIR lab which
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I'm now a part of.
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For my first two semesters I was a teaching assistant.
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The first was Introduction to Computer Science and the
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second was Principles of Software.
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Both of these classes had what I would consider a large amount
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of students (> 300), which meant that there were multiple TAs
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splitting the class into smaller lab/recitation sections.
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Honestly those labs and recitations were the best part of the TAing experience.
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In Summer 2022, I will be at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY.
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I'm looking forward to having more research dedicated time.
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## Personal Life
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Living in Upstate NY, this is the coldest winter I've been through.
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There are many of you in far colder places, but I was not mentally prepared for the
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constant 15 degrees Fahrenheit weather.
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What helped keep me warm:
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- Window Insulator Kit (lowers the amount of heat escape)
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- Thermal underlayers (top and bottom)
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- Soup (Nice and warm)
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- Heated Blanket (much cheaper than a space heater)
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- Snow spikes (for hiking in the winter)
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Now that we're approaching summer again,
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I look forward to going on more hikes.
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You can check out some of the trails I completed on my
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[AllTrails profile](https://www.alltrails.com/members/brandon-rozek/completed).
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