Dossier

The person behind the cards.

Who am I?

I'm Tristen, a software engineering student at RIT graduating Dec 2026. I most recently spent a summer at M&T Bank building a Java test orchestration platform from scratch, and I'm looking for full-time roles starting after I graduate.

I care a lot about process and ethics in software. The why behind what we build is really important to me, and I want to make sure that what we build is accessible to all kinds of people, is maintainable, and secure.

Outside of that: I am a cat dad of two, have a Rimworld habit that I couldn't be paid a million dollars to break, do amateur photography, and pretty much any craft I can get my hands on.

Operator stats

Full-stack88

Testing / CI92

OOP design85

Team ops80

ETHICS99

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. Software Engineering · Minor in Environmental Studies · Dec 2026

Affiliations

RIT Society of Software Engineers2024 — PRESENT
President (Fall 2026) · Secretary (Spring 2026) · Treasurer (Spring 2025) · Mentor (Fall 2024)
RIT Caring Hearts for Cats2023 — PRESENT
E-Board Member

Commendations

· FIRST CONTACTComplete your first summon.+25◈
· SIGNAL ACQUIREDAcquire your first SR or better.+25◈
· RARE FINDAcquire your first SSR.+50◈
· GOLDEN EYEAcquire your first UR.+75◈
· BIG TENLand a 10-pull where every card is SR or better.+150◈
· ARCHIVIST IDecrypt 10 unique records.+50◈
· ARCHIVIST IIDecrypt 25 unique records.+150◈
· SKILL TREEAcquire every SKILL record.+100◈
· SHIPPEDAcquire every PROJECT record.+125◈
· HR COMPLIANTAcquire every ROLE record.+150◈
· SYSTEM COMPLETEDecrypt the entire inventory.+300◈
· DEDICATEDClaim the daily uplink 7 days in a row.+100◈
· PERSISTENTClaim the daily uplink 3 days in a row.+100◈
· UNRELENTINGClaim the daily uplink 5 days in a row.+150◈
· OPERATOR EXAMAce the exam about the person behind the cards.+100◈

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