From video games to Google, via Baylor

You may recall a story we did in 2012 about an incoming freshman who had recreated the entire Baylor campus in the video game Minecraft. Matt Tinsley spent six months and 300 hours on the incredibly detailed design in Minecraft, a game that allows users to build realistic 3D worlds; see it again here:

My, how time flies. Four years have passed since then, and Tinsley is now a soon-to-be graduate of Baylor. And as for his career plans? Well, it’s safe to say he foreshadowed them with his wizardry in computer design as an 18 year old.

Tinsley has been hired as a software engineer at Google, and as soon as he has his computer science degree in hand this May, he’ll be moving to Mountain View, Calif., to join the company. The talent he showed as a high school student, strengthened by four years in Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, made him a logical choice for the influential, multinational company which processes more than 3.5 billion web searches per day (and has branched out into numerous other tech-related products). Where exactly at Google Tinsley will be utilizing his skills remains to be seen; he’s working with the company right now on his “project allocation,” which means they are considering where he will be the best fit when he joins the Google team.

For both Tinsley and the Baylor campus he so painstakingly created, a lot has changed in four years. But, what hasn’t changed here is the multitude of talented incoming students who arrive at Baylor each year and are shaped into worldwide leaders — leaders who often find themselves at some of the most influential organizations in the world, just like Tinsley.

Sic ’em, Matt!

[We learned of this story from a Bear who shared his Baylor pride. Do you know of an inspiring story, news item, or just a fun link that makes you proud of Baylor and the Baylor family? Let us know! Click here to submit your point of pride!]