HELLO, I'M OWEN CRANDALL
I’m 20, from Minnesota
I’ve been building for 600+ days
ABOUT:
- Career: Software Engineer
- Major: B.S. in Computer Science
A FEW ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Built 10+ websites since high school
- Taught myself nextjs, vercel, databases, etc.
- Eagle scout - highest rank in boy scouts
- Bilingual - spanish
- Started college with 20+ credits
CURRENT SIDE PROJECTS:
- travlpacked.vercel.app – AI travel packing and clothing
- codecurse.com – Computer science course & toolkit
- oyeahkgames.vercel.app – Indie dev, still building (2 games in progress)
- X.com/OOLgg_ – Helping build a website for a community overwatch 2 league
- Bulldog Rocketry - Web Development Lead
- Growing my social media presence
- And more..
PAST PROJECTS:
- FlipFin – AI personal finance education, had too large of scope (may revist)
- GetFit & LinkedOut – 2 apps developed for software engineering
- Soul Theives – 3D soul catching game, school project I expanded on
- ShareStrides.com – online fitness platform, first solo startup & MVP, shutdown after market analysis
- And many more..
WHAT'S MY DRIVE?:
I want to build things that solve real problems. I love creativity and passion.
HOW I STARTED
Playing with legos.
Learned some HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT at the end of high school.
Tried to make some 3D games. Gave up, and started web dev.
Made some awful looking websites.
MY GOAL
Building for users.
Shipping production-ready software. Fast.
Following my dreams. And never giving up.
MY MOTIVATIONS
Having too many ideas.
Fiancial independence and freedom.
Giving back to the community.
WHERE I SEE MYSELF IN 365 DAYS
Maybe living and working california or new york.
Leading, building & full of passion.
Working even harder.
HOBBIES:
- I run a bit + marathon + chasing a sub-17 5k
- Ran a 4:39 1600m (mile) in HS
- Bodyweight bench press
- HS varsity in 3 sports - cross country, track & field, alpine skiing
- Growing up I also played - baseball, soccer, tennis
Sports
- Clash Royale: 8700+ trophies (9+ years played)
- Clash of Clans: Town Hall Level 16
- Pokemon Go: Level 34 & Pokemon TCGP: Level 42
- Rocket league: 2000+ hrs (solo queue to champ 2)
- Fortnite: 1500+ hrs (season 2 to season X)
- Apex legends: 500+ hrs (diamond)
- Valorant: 400+ hrs (gold)
Gaming
ARTICLES:
- Article I wrote – A Guide To Website Development