referring things I disagree with online as "orthogonal to the optimum"
Charlotte, NC
Currently, I'm a Software Enginer building backend banking applications for Credit Karma Money. If you've ever received an email about your CK Money account, instantly transferred money, scheduled an automated deposit, or withdrawn money from an ATM – there's a good chance I'm partially responsible for the experience. I'm versed in Scala, TypeScript, and Python – and have experience with systems design and technical writing.
In 2021, I graduated from Virginia Tech where I studied Computer Science and minored in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. I served on the Student Honor Council and was the Director of VTHacks, the university's biggest annual hackathon.
Until recently, I spent many weekends of the past 5 and a half years as a Coach for Major League Hacking, traveling to events to assist organizers in order to provide the best possible experience to their hackathon attendees.
Formerly, I worked as a part time Software Engineer at Greymatter where I contributed to backend control-plane features extending Envoy’s service mesh API as well as intelligent observability features using reingforcement learning (we were doing AI before it was cringe).
He made sure that he didn't just tell us what we should do rather he gave us some options and what he has seen that has worked in the past. In this way, he was extremely adaptive and helped us come to a good solution... Overall, he was extremely wonderful to work with and was vital to our hackathon being as successful as it was.
uOttaHack3
Hackathon Organizer
Peter Murphy was the greatest MLH representative I could've asked for. As a volunteer who was put on the spot to watch after the MLH hardware lab equipment from time to time, he made my job very easy to handle. His explanations were thorough and even if I didn't understand everything, he'd allow me to ask him any and all questions to help me figure it out. Even when I had to take his place, I would be able to contact him and he'd try to solve the issue immediately. He was very kind, but still remained an authoritative figure in leading me and the other volunteers who worked the lab. Honestly, we couldn't have had such a good turnout without him.
HackTJ
Hackathon Organizer
Peter was great! He was constantly offering to help our team, even with manual labor. He was very approachable and helpful the whole time.
DemonHacks
Hackathon Organizer
The most helpful and inviting individual. If not for the exceptional guidance of Peter, our event would not have exceeded so many expectations as it did, especially for being run online for the first time. He was courteous, professional, extremely knowledgeable, and very fun to spend time with. I'm absolutely grateful to have been a part of the experience and to have had such an amazing addition to the team! I hope other hackathons are able to share this experience in the future.
DemonHacks 2020
Hackathon Organizer
Peter was a great help with our hackathon and was very attentive to any help that us or the hackers needed throughout the entirety of the event. He helped keep us on track and lended a hand whenever and wherever it was needed.
Hoya Hacks
Hackathon Organizer
I have been doing this for 6 years, this group was probably the best I have had in terms of MLH reps. Very helpful, organized, really enjoyed their work.
SBUHacks
Hackathon Organizer
Peter was awesome. He brought expertise from other online events, helped answer questions from both hackers and organizers, and overall kept everything running smoothly. As a particular instance, he (nicely) let us know our judging plan wouldn't work well, explained why, and recommended an alternative system while helping us implement it.
Younger Brother
Struggling with Physics Problem
thanks homie that makes a lot more sense
Coworker
Watching me triage a site incidents from afar
Peter is a real boy now
DemonHacks 2022
Hackathon Organizer
He made sure that he didn't just tell us what we should do rather he gave us some options and what he has seen that has worked in the past. In this way, he was extremely adaptive and helped us come to a good solution... Overall, he was extremely wonderful to work with and was vital to our hackathon being as successful as it was.
uOttaHack3
Hackathon Organizer
Peter Murphy was the greatest MLH representative I could've asked for. As a volunteer who was put on the spot to watch after the MLH hardware lab equipment from time to time, he made my job very easy to handle. His explanations were thorough and even if I didn't understand everything, he'd allow me to ask him any and all questions to help me figure it out. Even when I had to take his place, I would be able to contact him and he'd try to solve the issue immediately. He was very kind, but still remained an authoritative figure in leading me and the other volunteers who worked the lab. Honestly, we couldn't have had such a good turnout without him.
