Dylan Herman
- Software Engineer
- Meta
School Information
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College Major: Engineering
Years at College Works: 2010
Career Information
Working For: Meta
Title: Software Engineer
Industry: Software
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Currently in FAIR working on Machine Learning Infrastructure, primarily in C++ Previously worked on Account Infrastructure within WhatsApp, scaling Erlang services to support 2.5B+ users / 9B+ devices
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Launching a start-up and finishing my first half Ironman.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
Altered my entire outlook on business and had a positive effect on nearly every aspect of my life.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
I think like an entrepreneur in so many aspects of my life. It taught me how to sell; and that skill, if used right, is one of the most powerful tools in your belt.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Don’t underestimate yourself and don’t overestimate the world.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Invest everything you have in the College Works Painting program. What you sacrifice now will pay out exponentially down the road.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Think like an entrepreneur.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Booking a $13,000 job.
Last words of wisdom?
Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.