User:Siddhartha Shrivastav

He is from Nepal. In his family, he has a brother and two sisters. He was raised in a small town Hetauda which is located 160 miles east from the capital. Sid completed his intermediate school from Siddhartha Shishu Sadan, Hetauda and finished his high school from Orchid Science College, Bharatpur Chitawan.

Earlier days after high school

Like most kids who intend to go to a med school, Sid had somewhat similar approach. He was always involved in sports especially cricket. Cricket is a game mostly played in subcontinent. To know more about cricket, go to www.cricinfo.com. He was an average student both in the intermediate and the high school. He was laborious but not strict at his studies. Thats the reason why he couldn't get his name on the merit list on any medical entrance examination. Sid decided to come to US for his bachelors studies.

In US

He came as an Actuarial Science which Drake is very well known at. Actuarial Science is a study of risk management, dealing with Insurance and Business. After studying one semester at Drake, Sid decided to join a community college at Des Moines Area Community College(DMACC) to finish his associate degree. It was at DMACC where he decided to go for Computer Science degree after taking some information system classes. Sid also started tutoring Physics and Calculus at DMACC. It didn't take him too long to get a job in the real world in his own field of study. He through his brother Soven got his first breakthrough at Acme Printing Company as a Database Administrator. At the same time, he was working at the DMACC library as a storekeeper and a front desk staff at Drake University. His friends could hardly see him in any events due to his busy schedules. After finishing two years at DMACC, Sid enrolled at Drake again to finish his undergraduate.

After attending one semester at Drake, Sid was hired by Strategic America, located in Clive as a ASP .Net programming intern. He was helped by his friend/brother Jeewan Thapa who was at that time working with Strategic America. It became harsh on Sid to take classes at Drake and do the job that was much complicated that as what he used to do at Acme Printing Company. But he never gave up. Finally, it was in the year 2007 December, Sid finished his undergraduate from Drake University in the field of Computer Science. He now currently works in the same company as an Application System Analyst. He was accepted fulltime.

Sid's Website

www.siddhuoops.com