Rigel Chan

Background

About Rigel Chan

Born and raised in Calgary, I went to the University of Alberta to get my BSc. specializing in immunology and infections. I always had a passion for learning, problem solving, and always being on the cutting edge. I started my career path as a research technician at a clinical neuroscience laboratory at the University of Calgary. The lab focused its research on MS and other neurdigenerative diseases. After working there for 2+ years, I felt that research may not be where I wanted to have my career in. Luckily for me, being a UofC employee, I was able to take some continuing education courses for free. After stumbling upon an introductory to IT course, it sparked my interest and passion for software development. Although just learning the bare basics, what started as a spark blew up into a passion. I started learning game development with Unity/C# on my own time and was able to publish a few games. I took my life towards a more structured education route and went to the Southern Alberta institute of Technology to get my Software Development diploma where I was able to learn Java, Javascript, React, SQL, and much more. Now here I stand a graduate, eager to learn and focused on experiencing all I can in the tech industry. When I am not focused on learning, I enjoy cooking and travelling. Luckily those two come hand in hand as I let my stomach guide my travels such as Italy, Amsterdam, Spain, Vietnam, HongKong, Taiwan, and Japan to name a few.