Jacob Walchuk

Education

Westside School	2019---2021

A*A*A*A*A-equivalent marks, per KCL's conversion scale.

Trinity Western University	2021---2022

B.A. in Political Studies	Langley, Canada

Received a 4.23/4.3 grade average in my first year, before transferring.

University of St. Andrews	2022---2025

M.A. Hons. in Philosophy	St. Andrews, Scotland

Standing 2:2 Honours, with a focus on symbolic logic and analytic metaphysics.

Work Experience

Kova Engineering, Ltd.	Summer 2023

Technical Analyst Intern	Langley, Canada

Discovered employee concerns around an improperly-scaled MySQL database with a ColdFusion frontend, and wrote a longform report on the costs and benefits of a full-stack overhaul to PostgreSQL and Next.js.

Consulted with the CEO, CTO, and other members of the executive team in discovering their needs.

Submitted a code proposal to the lead programmer, which secured and sped up interoperability between the old and new system.

Kova Engineering, Ltd.	2018---2022

Assistant I.T. Technician	Langley, Canada

Deployed laptops and servers running Windows, and iPhones using Apple's Device Enrolment Programme.

Onboarded metallurgy technicians with little-to-no IT background.

Free Geek Vancouver	2017---2018

Repair Technician	Vancouver, Canada

Stress-tested PC components including RAM, CPUs, and GPUs, and performed light component-level board repair.

Projects

Book Tracker — Book Tracker

Homelab — Homelab