Param Thakkar

I study CS @ Waterloo, and in the summer I'll be interning at Databricks. In the past, I've worked on:

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Projects

1pt URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener with protection against malicious redirects

URL Checker

A GitHub Action that tests markdown files for broken links

Poker Solitaire

Create a higher 5-card poker hand than the dealer

Poker Analytics

Analyze poker now game sessions

Meme Adviser

A Reddit bot that analyzes the stock market for r/MemeEconomy

Videocloud

A CLI that generates word clouds from YouTube video transcripts

Timeline

A microblog of things I've done. Hover over an event to see more details!

Mar
Visited New York
Feb
Visited Orlando & Kennedy Space Center
Jan
Learned Piano Man on the harmonica
2026
Dec
Road trip through the Florida Keys
Sep
Joined Quora as a MLE intern
Sep
Cottage trip in Quebec
Aug
Visited Singapore
Aug
Visited India
Jul
Ran the SF 10k
Jun
Went camping in Yosemite
Jun
Went surfing for the first time
May
Watched Attack on Titan Orchestral performance
2025
Nov
Visited San Francisco
Oct
Saw the AOT musical in New York
Sep
Joined Expertise.ai as a SWE intern
Aug
Visited Vancouver & Seattle
May
Went canoeing in Long Point
May
Visited Trinidad
Mar
Road trip to Boston
Jan
Joined Dropbase as a SWE intern
2024
Dec
Visited New York
Dec
Watched the Champions Chess Tour 2023
Sep
Attended TechCrunch Disrupt in SF
Sep
Attended HackMIT
Jun
Judged JAMHacks 7
May
Joined zipBoard as a SWE intern
Apr
Attended Jane Street's PuzzleCity
Jan
Attended ConUHacks in Montreal
2023
Dec
Judged hack::peel
Sept
Started CS @ Waterloo
May
Offered the Schulich Leader Scholarship from UofT
2022
Aug
Went skydiving
Jul
Shad
Apr
Organized Lighthouse Hacks
2021
Oct
Started Coding Club at Port Credit SS
2020