Kyle Smith

I’m Kyle Smith, a technical writer at iFixit. I started working here in February 2021. I write repair guides for a variety of electronic devices such as tablets, smartphones, and video game consoles.

I completed my Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. During my final year at the university, I worked on a project team as a student researcher to evaluate goal programming methods for youth sports substitution scheduling. I presented our work at the 2021 IISE Annual Conference and Expo.

It’s been one year since I started working as a technical writer. Some highlights from my job include replacing the disc drive in an Xbox One X and pulling the cameras out of a Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra.

One of my favorite repair guides that I’ve written is for the USB-C port in the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra. Seeing how the port is situated in the phone and connected to the motherboard was an incredible learning experience. No longer were ports a mysterious electronic path into my devices. Instead, they’re just another part that can (sometimes) be removed and replaced.

I enjoy every aspect of cooking. The equipment, the ingredients, the process. The supply chain. Wait what? For me, learning to cook has also been a lesson in sustainability. Tracing where food comes from and where it’s processed provides a context to what I’m stocking in my kitchen. Having that context allows me to make more sustainable choices when I’m roaming through the grocery store.

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