This whole site is about me. But if you like all your facts in one place, this is the page for you.

This is me in a brief paragraph: Help, I'm in a brief paragraph! How did I become trapped in this brief paragraph? What an interesting brief paragraph this is! Now let's be serious:

I was born sometime in 1979, have lived for a bit, and here I am today.

I graduated from UCLA in 2002 with a B.S. in Computer Science.

Writing sample and true story:

I used to have many stuffed animals when I was little, including a cool teddy bear with swivel-able arms and legs. Anyway, what happened was that one day I was playing with my bear, pretending to cook him in the oven. (Don't ask.) I forgot him in there, my mother started cooking dinner, and a horrible smell soon permeated the house. Needless to say, she had really cooked my bear! The food was ruined, and of course so was the bear. I cried and cried... But I look back now and laugh at the whole thing. She cooked my bear! He didn't have a name, but I declare, Bearnard would have been appropriate. And after his incident, he would forever be known, in teddy bear heaven, as Burnard.

I am currently working as a Software Engineer out of Google's Santa Monica office. I'm a member of the YouTube team, in charge of keeping the tubes polished.

Contact me: mjhecht@gmail.com.