# Johnny

> I'm currently studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at UC Berkeley!

## About

San Francisco Bay Area

## Current Roles

- Senior Development Specialist at Mission Bit (January 2026 - Present)
- Operations at Tella (August 2025 - Present)
- Product Management Intern at Hatch (August 2025 - Present)
- CEO at Johnny Lin, LLC (March 2024 - Present)
- Campus Leader @ UC Berkeley at Notion (January 2023 - Present)
- Bubble Ambassador at Bubble (June 2024 - Present)
- Scholar at SEO Scholars San Francisco (February 2019 - Present)

## Pages

All pages are available as markdown by appending .md to the URL.

- [Homepage](https://johnnylinsf.com/) | [Full content](https://johnnylinsf.com/llms-full.md)
- [Writing](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing.md)
- [Experience](https://johnnylinsf.com/experience) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/experience.md)
- [Projects](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects.md)
- [Work with me](https://johnnylinsf.com/work-with-me) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/work-with-me.md)
- [Bubble Experience](https://johnnylinsf.com/bubble) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/bubble.md)
- [Charities](https://johnnylinsf.com/charities) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/charities.md)
- [Privacy Policy](https://johnnylinsf.com/privacy-policy) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/privacy-policy.md)

## Writing

- [Why nonprofits can't afford to wait on AI](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/why-nonprofits-cant-afford-to-wait-on-ai) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/why-nonprofits-cant-afford-to-wait-on-ai.md) — The startups I've worked at are outpacing organizations ten times their size because they're experimenting relentlessly. It's time nonprofits closed that gap.
- [A guide to Giving Tuesday 2024: The top four nonprofits changing lives in San Francisco](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/giving-tuesday-2024) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/giving-tuesday-2024.md) — A guide highlighting four nonprofits making an impact in San Francisco for Giving Tuesday.
- [Revolutionizing attendance: How I automated Mission Bit's system in just 2 months](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/mission-bit-attendance-system) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/mission-bit-attendance-system.md) — How I built and automated Mission Bit's attendance system, saving program staff dozens of hours.
- [From problem to prom: How I built TicketingNest overnight](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/ticketingnest) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/ticketingnest.md) — The story behind building an event ticketing solution for schools in a single night.
- [Meet the First-Ever Bubble-Certified Developers](https://bubble.io/blog/first-bubble-certified-developers/) — Johnny was among the first-ever Bubble-certified developers, passing the exam in July 2022.
- [DCYF features OperationSTART](https://sf-dcyf.medium.com/we-are-the-city-spotlight-on-operationstart-aa993f7f5926) — The San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families features OperationSTART.
- [SEO Scholars 2021 Achievement Benefit](https://seoscholarssf.exposure.co/2021-achievement-benefit) — Featured at the SEO Scholars 2021 Achievement Benefit event.
- [Johnny Lin's Journey into Mission Bit and #Tech4AllSF](https://missionbit.medium.com/johnny-lins-journey-into-mission-bit-and-tech4allsf-d7d465740ce2) — A blog post about Johnny's journey into Mission Bit and the #Tech4AllSF movement.
- [Aim High Alumnus Connecting Youth to Opportunities](https://aimhigh.org/aim-high-alumnus-connecting-youth-to-opportunities/) — Featured by Aim High as an alumnus connecting youth to opportunities.
- [Bridging the Youth Tech Divide Conferences](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/bridging-the-youth-tech-divide) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/writing/bridging-the-youth-tech-divide.md) — The Mission Bit Student Advisory Board led two youth-led conferences during the summer of 2020 and 2021 focused on inspiring youth to explore tech careers.

## Projects

- [What was here?](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/what-was-here) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/what-was-here.md) — Fun project to explore San Francisco's Archaeology. Search any address to see what used to be there and what is still currently there - all powered by public city data.
- [Internal project: Mission Bit Volunteer Portal](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-volunteer-portal) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-volunteer-portal.md) — An internal volunteer management portal for Mission Bit.
- [TicketingNest](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/ticketingnest) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/ticketingnest.md)
- [Internal project: Mission Bit Attendance System](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-attendance-system) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-attendance-system.md)
- [Tastes Like Home](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/tastes-like-home) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/tastes-like-home.md) — A startup created over a weekend (~40 hours) in the Impact Startup Disco class. Tastes Like Home is a two-sided marketplace for home cooks and international/exchange students. Home cooks make a post offering seats at their dining room table, making food from their cuisine for students to bond with their shared culture. The MVP was built in Bubble in about 3 hours.
- [Heep](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/heep) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/heep.md) — Heep is a freelance platform for hiring no-code, low-code, and automation experts. Heep allows businesses to find and hire no-code experts to help them with website development, app development, UI/UX design, and automation.
- [OperationSTART Platform](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/operationstart) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/operationstart.md) — OperationSTART started as a project my friends and I built during junior year of high school in 2020, right in the middle of COVID. We noticed that finding enrichment opportunities — internships, programs, summer activities — required a lot of digging. The opportunities existed, but they weren't widely marketed or easy to find unless you were already plugged in.

As SEO Scholars, we knew about some of these programs, but we realized most students didn't. So we set out to democratize access by building a single platform where students in San Francisco could discover and apply to opportunities that were already out there.

What began as an idea evolved into a resource that hundreds of students used over five years.

On June 30, 2025, we made the difficult decision to shut down OperationSTART. The work and mission continue — we encourage anyone looking for similar resources to visit [Our415](https://our415.org), an initiative led by the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families.
- [Mission Bit Instructor's Portal](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-instructors-portal) | [.md](https://johnnylinsf.com/projects/mission-bit-instructors-portal.md)

## Contact

- Email: johnny@johnnylinsf.com
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/johnnylinsf
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johnnylin8