I am Eren Mengeş, a 19-year-old NYU student. I major in Computer Science and am really passionate in it. Especially AI, cybersecurity and software engineering. I hate front-dev. There is nothing that upsets me more than HTML, CSS, and JS. I love Python though. I also very much enjoy DSA and Leetcode.
I am also a member of the ZBT fraternity. I think I’d die from boredom at an engineering school if I wasn’t.
Oh also my whole life purpose is to invent AGI and cause the intelligence explosion. Think of the Maslov scale for needs. The top of my pyramid is inventing AGI.
I also want to get into Quantum Computing but I haven’t found the time.
Feel free to reach out!
EDUCATION
- New York University (NYU), Tandon School of Engineering (2024-2028)
- Uskudar American Academy High School, Istanbul, Turkey (2019-2024)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 🌆 Cyber Security Intern, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (01/2023-02/2023)
- Worked in an open office of 150+ people and a closed, keycard-secured office, switching between Security Operations Center (SOC) and network security teams. The teams managed around 50,000 devices.
- Learned network concepts such as the Transmission Control/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), calculating network subnets, routers & switches, network address translation (NAT), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), firewall configuration, and organization-scale VPNs in 1-to-1 lectures from the cyber security chief himself and other cyber security personnel.
- Wrote 2 Python scripts that interact with the firewall and conduct operations such as but not limited to, querying the network interface of an IP address or removing individual IP addresses from the firewall’s blacklist. The scripts are currently in use by the Municipality’s network security team.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING & ONLINE COURSES
- ⛑️ Local Disaster Volunteers Member
- Trained in light search and rescue.
- TryHackMe, Interactive Online Cybersecurity Learning Platform
- Ranked 17092nd (99th percentile) out of 1,198,638 users.
- Responsive Web Design Certification, FreeCodeCamp.org (06/2021)
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
- Semifinalist, HackKaradeniz National Hacking Competition (07/2022)
- Solved numerous challenges in reverse engineering, forensics, web hacking, and open source intelligence (OSINT). Ranked 46th out of 150-200 teams.
- Certificate of Excellence in Computer Science, Uskudar American Academy
- Semifinalist, HackIstanbul National Hacking Competition (08/2021)
- Solved numerous challenges in reverse engineering, forensics, web hacking, and open source intelligence (OSINT). Ranked 39th out of 200+ teams.
SKILLS
- Python (Professional) | C++ (Beginner, will be Intermediate in May 2025) | SQL (Beginner)
- Cybersecurity | Computer Networking | Linux/Debian | Bash
- First Aid (Certified by the Turkish Ministry of Health)
- Video Production & Editing (Adobe Premiere Pro | Lightroom)
LANGUAGE
- 🇺🇸 English: 8.0/9 in IELTS Academic
- 🇩🇪 German: TELC B2
- 🇹🇷 Turkish: Native Speaker