• ⚡ Data science, applied artificial intelligence, and full stack engineering at Socket to secure software supply chains.
• 🔭 I’m bringing scientific and statistical computing to the web as a core developer of ✨ stdlib.io ✨.
• 📖 ISLE e-learning platform @ Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on statistics and data science.
• 📫 If you would like to chat about any of the above: Send me an email at pburckhardt@outlook.com.

What must come before a masterpiece? An amateur. Or, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Every artist was first an amateur." This quote reminds us that everyone starts off as a beginner and has to work hard to achieve success. It encourages us to stay humble and keep striving for improvement, no matter our current level of success. This quote is important to me because it keeps me motivated to reach my goals, and to not be discouraged by any failures or roadblocks I may face.