Samuel Naden graduated from Macalester College with degrees in applied math and statistics and computer science. He has strong programming skills in languages like Java, JavaScript, SQL, and Python. During college, he completed research projects including one at WPI that received an award. He also created several web applications, including a music preference app called Muzy that placed third in a hackathon. Currently, he works as a software engineer at Thomson Reuters designing features for a court management solution.