About Me

My name is Martin Goycoolea. I was born in Chile an lived there for the first 16 years of my life. At this age, I left the comforts of home to attend Pearson United World College in Vancouver Island, Canada. Exposed to people from all over the world, I set myself up so I could travel as much as I could during my learning years.

I then went to MIT where I studied physics and nuclear engineering. Although I flirted with the idea of becoming a full-time scientist, the relationship didn't work out. I worked instead on real estate development, where I became in charge of the research and data processing of several mid-to-large-sized mixed-use real estate projects.

I spent the past few years building my own company and developing real estate projects. The project-to-project flexibility has allowed me to travel around many parts of the world. My favorite way of traveling is bicycle touring. In this article I describe why traveling by bike is to many the most exciting way to travel.

Currently, I'm living in San Francisco and Chile, building a portfolio to find a full-time data science position.