Hello I'm Matthew Hickey! This place is great, here's an intro

[matthewhickey]

I grew up in NYC in 1992, living in Tribeca, before it radically changed. My parents run a small expediting firm specializing in equipment permits, I have been closely involved with this process since I was 13. My knowledge of NYC code and the changing neighborhood allowed me to accumulate an interest in construction and architecture. In high school I wanted to be an artist, but my mother studied engineering, sharing her benefits of that with me through her work ethic and dedication. I eventually chose RPI for my undergraduate B.Arch and will be finishing in May. I look forward to continuing my career first time outside of internships I've had at smaller firms.

 

MY thesis year is coming to an end. I am designing a self-sufficient house for the slums of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria. I look forward to presenting, as well as sharing any difficulties I come across as I wrap this up.

 

I have a personal website, please check it out as my "beta" testers and let me know if anything doesn't work, or needs fixing. I share it with firms I am applying to and it is still under construction.

 

http://www.matthewhickey.nyc

 

 

I also run a bitcoin blog with my neighbor (a stock "broker") in NYC. It covers reviews of bitcoin related technologies, altcoins, opinion pieces, interviews, etc. We started the website several months ago in October.

 

http://www.cryptocrooks.com

 

 

I look forward to being a part of this community and I will offer all the help I can, I look forward to learning with you and sharing my ideas. Thank you for reading!