A Jill of Trades Borderlining on Mad Scientist

I began teaching myself to code in BASIC in the early '00s and built up from there. My degree focused on engine-coding for the Game Industry, but that was alas not to be. I spent a good number of years doing freelance game design work (3D modeling, coding, sound design, level design, server design), until I eventually landed in Robotic Process Automation. After working my way up to work for one of the major RPA software vendors for a bit, I now administer environments and teach other people how to do their own coding. On the side, I'm an AI hobbyist/entheusiast, currently working on a number of projects within my personal hardware. The long-term goal is to give it the ability to self-modify and improve, but I'm a ways off from that. Some of these interests currently align (or perhaps collide) in a combat robot I'm working on. Current projects include: