โ˜… SOPHOMORE ยท CLASS OF 2028 โ˜…

HI! I'M SAM.
I BUILD ROBOTS & WEBSITES.

16 y/o coder from Seattle. Python + JavaScript + too much caffeine. Robotics captain, hackathon gremlin, Minecraft server admin. My code has bugs. My robots have battle scars. Both ship anyway. ๐Ÿค–

SEE PROJECTS โ†“GitHub โ†—
๐Ÿ† 3ร— hackathon wins
๐Ÿค– FTC Robotics captain
๐Ÿ’ป 40+ projects shipped
$ whoami
> sam_kim โ€” sophomore, builder, professional debugger

$ cat skills.txt
> python โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘ 80% ยท javascript โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 60%
> java โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘ 65% ยท html/css โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ 95%

$ ./dream --future
> loadingโ€ฆ MIT? internships? startup?
> status: OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES_

MY STACK ๐Ÿงฐ

Languages, tools & things I break regularly:

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PYTHON

80% ยท 3 yrs. Discord bots, data projects, AP CSP. 2 bots serving 5,000+ users.

โšก

JAVASCRIPT

60% ยท 2 yrs. Games, Chrome extensions, this site's cousins. Currently learning React.

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JAVA + FTC

65% ยท 2 yrs. Robot autonomous code. Our team made STATE FINALS '25!!

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HTML / CSS

95% ยท 4 yrs. 15+ sites shipped. Neo-brutalism is my love language.

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HARDWARE

Arduino + Raspberry Pi. 6 builds: weather station, LED cube, plant waterer.

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GAME DEV

Godot + Pygame. 3 jam games. One got 2,000 plays on itch.io!!

SHIPPED STUFF ๐Ÿš€

Robot

๐Ÿค– "SCRAP" โ€” FTC ROBOT

Lead programmer. Autonomous scoring routine, 94% accuracy. State finalists 2025.

JAVAFTC SDKODOMETRY
Code

๐Ÿ’ฌ STUDYBOT โ€” DISCORD BOT

Homework reminders + flashcards for 5,000 users across 30 servers. Open source.

PYTHONDISCORD.PYSQLITE
Game

๐Ÿ‘พ NEON DASH โ€” GAME

48-hour hackathon winner ๐Ÿฅ‡. 2,000+ plays. Built with one friend + 6 energy drinks.

GODOTGDSCRIPTITCH.IO

TROPHY SHELF ๐Ÿ†

2026 ๐Ÿฅ‡
1st โ€” Emerald City Hackathon. Built "HallPass" โ€” digital hall-pass app. Beat 40 college teams lol.
PROOF โ†—
2025 ๐Ÿค–
FTC State Finalists. Team 404 Not Found. I wrote the autonomous. We screamed. A lot.
VIDEO โ†—
2024 ๐Ÿ’ป
AP CSP โ€” score 5. Also started coding club (now 30 members strong).
CLUB โ†—
NEXT ๐ŸŽฏ
Summer '27: applying to MIT LaunchX + Google CSSI. Watch this space.
HELP? โ†“

LET'S BUILD SOMETHING_

Open for: hackathons, coding collabs, robotics mentoring, freelance sites ($$$ for GPU fund).


๐Ÿ™ github.com/samkimbuilds
๐Ÿ’ฌ discord: sambuilds
๐Ÿ“ง sam.kim.school@email.com
๐Ÿ“ Seattle, WA


๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ Teacher note: "Sam debugs like a senior engineer and explains like a great teacher." โ€” Mr. Nguyen, CS