About Me — Lindsay Zhou

Building from air and ideas

Picture of author in a succulent garden in California // photo credits to my mother!

Hi, I’m Lindsay — a tech enthusiast, hobbyist writer, and language/linguistics buff! Armed with air, ideas, and a laptop, I love building cool tech, art, and worlds.

I’m a Washington-based software engineer with a passion for uplifting underrepresented groups in technology and using my privilege as a tech employee to drive positive change.

Until recently, I’ve always had a problem of letting one element of my life consume me. Through college, that was computer science. In the past, it’s been marching band and writing, too. Only within these last few years of my life have I started to realize that I can give my all to multiple parts of my life. Now, I’m a huge advocate for finding balance between work, hobbies, relationships, and other passions to create a meaningful, happy life.

I write about…

Navigating the Tech World

I started my tech career just a few short years ago, and if you asked first-year Lindsay how I thought my college experience would turn out, I can’t imagine I would’ve gotten a single detail right. Never would I have guessed that I would’ve interned at Microsoft, let alone during my sophomore summer. I certainly would not have pictured myself completing nearly half of my degree in a…