Thomas Cherickal
@thomascherickal
Technical Content Writer + Aspiring Research Scientist + Clean Pragmatic Coder
India
About
Current
Self-Employed
Education
COE, Guindy (College of Engineering)
More about me
Coder. Developer. Writer. Researcher.
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Work Experience
Research Scientist
Self-Employed | March 2021 - Present
Independent research in Complexity Theory and Emergent behavior as applied to non-linear dynamical systems. Also working as a senior content writer for clients on Upwork regularly.
Tech Lead
Sperar Innotech | July 2020 - March 2021
Created a Mycroft.ai chatbot using open-source components and the Python programming language. Did foundational work for India's first NFT marketplace app in Dart and Flutter.
Part-Time Senior Content Writer
Upwork (formerly Elance-oDesk) | April 2017 - April 2020
Wrote over 30 data science-based articles and did ghostwriting on HackerNoon while upskilling in Python, AI, ML, PyTorch, and Quantum Computing. Worked first in Dimensionless Technologies and then Rejolut Technologies, part-time so that I could continue upskilling.
Software Engineer
4W Technologies | January 2016 - February 2017
Was assigned the job of adding a plugin to the Cache IDE for Version Control. Became Team Lead during the training period. Was involved in the Recruitment Team from Day 1 of joining the company. As, a result, candidate final selection rates by the CEO in the last round rose from 20% to 80%
Education
The Coding School
QxQ - Qubit by Qubit , Pro | September 2020 - April 2021
Quantum computation classes from MIT sponsored by IBM
University of Madras
M.A. Christian Studies (Theology), MA | September 2010 - May 2015
Was checking to see if I had a future as a religious (priest/monk). The answer was a resounding No.
Loyola College
Computer Science, MS | June 2008 - April 2010
COE, Guindy (College of Engineering)
Computer Science, MS | June 2006 - April 2008
Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai
Computer Science, BS | June 2003 - April 2006
Undergraduation.