# aureliano yepez staff software engineer (with a strong backend focus) based in los angeles ca :computer: ### random facts * ran a boston qualifying marathon time, 2 hrs 56 minutes (6:40 min / mile for 26.2 miles) :running_man: * spent 8 years in the bay area :bridge_at_night: * big time la sports guy (dodgers, and lakers) :baseball: * bi-lingual (spanish, and english), french in progress :star: ### favorite non technical books :closed_book: * guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies, jared diamond * so good they can't ignore you, cal newport * mindset, carol dweck * the staff engineers path, tanya reily ### favorite technical books :green_book: * introduction to algorithms, third edition * go concurrenncy * c programming * designing data intensive applications * distributed systems, 4th edition (van steen) * the tcp/ip guide * postgres 14 internals book ### links :link: * [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurelianoyepez/) * [github](https://github.com/Yepez1997/)