Mate D. Varga

Me! (Painted by Tanya Wheeler)

My name is Máté D. Varga and I’m a Hungarian-born software engineer/architect living in the California Bay Area. I currently work for Symantec, Inc. as a Sr. Software Engineer in the Endpoint Security Program Management department. In my spare time, I generally work on my own projects (many of which you can find on this site).

I created this website as a way for me to post my projects, articles and random incoherent ramblings (I’ll call them ‘ideas’ for posterity). Not to mention, being a software engineer without a website is akin to being a dentist that doesn’t have any teeth.

Background

I began playing with electronics when I was 6-years-old. I would build logic circuits (without knowing it) using relays, Zener diodes and other spare parts. I created a fully-operational model elevator for my science class when I was 12-years-old (complete with automatic doors, cab lighting and call buttons). When I discovered TI-BASIC on my TI-83 calculator at age 15, I immediately knew I wanted to learn more.

At age 15, I took computer science courses at my local community college, learning about C, C++ and Visual Basic. I took a senior-level course when I was 16, working one-on-one with the professor creating a multithreaded, telnet-based chat server. I later picked computer science as my major at San Francisco State University.

Up to now, I’ve written dozens of libraries, applications and utilities. I program for both work and play. Anytime a new platform, language or library comes out, I’m always interested. Programming isn’t only my profession, its also (still) my hobby.