A long way from home,
still finding the work that fits.
The short version lives on the home page. This is the longer one. How I got here, what I do when I am not in a code editor, and the rooms I try to show up for.
Origin
I was born and raised in Sri Lanka. In August 2024 I moved to the United States, alone, to start at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.
That move was the hardest thing I have done. Arriving without family in the country, figuring out housing, healthcare, banking, taxes, transportation, and the social grammar of a new place, all while starting a double major, compressed about three years of growing up into a single semester. I am proud of that stretch, and I am careful with the lessons from it.
What I took from it. I am patient with early stage chaos, I am comfortable asking for help, and I do not romanticize figuring things out the hard way. If there is a documented path, I will take it. If there is not, I will write one once I have walked it.
Two smaller things about who I walk around as now. I love wearing full suits. For me it is presentation handled with care, and I try to bring the same care into every room I step into. And the long arc I am walking toward, past the degree and the internships, is building something of my own. Entrepreneurship is the destination I keep in the back of my head while I ship everything else.
The rest of the operating system.
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Music and instruments
Piano came first as a kid, then guitar in my early teens. Drums began in my school's brass band, where I played percussion, before I stepped into self learning the drum set.
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Acting and drama
I have always loved acting and drama. I performed in multiple high school plays and stage performances, and that training in timing and delivery quietly shapes how I think about interface pacing and product storytelling.
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Sports
I am a Formula 1 fan, supporting Ferrari through every race, and I watch the live qualifying and main race every weekend. Cricket is the other one. I follow the Sri Lankan team as home support, across big league formats like the IPL and the slower patience of test matches.
Leadership
Since high school I have held multiple leadership roles at once. At one point I was juggling close to ten positions in a single school year. Moving through that many rooms taught me how to read each responsibility deeply, and just as importantly, when to delegate. Delegation is the skill I leaned on most.
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How I try to work
- Ship the smallest honest version.I would rather get one thin slice into real hands than polish three features nobody has used yet.
- Respect the user's context.Language, bandwidth, device, time zone, attention budget. All of it is part of the product.
- Lead by scheduling.Most leadership I have done comes down to putting the right people in a room at the right time with the right context. The rest is easy.
- Default to curiosity.I would rather ask one more question than assume, especially in a domain I am new to.
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