Data engineering, BI, and ETL that actually works — from a veteran and former manufacturing engineer who learned the hard way.
Welcome to my website. This is a place for me to share my thoughts about my life and the lessons I’ve learned from it. Most of time, I write about technology — I graduated from college in engineering, but then I moved into data programming. However, you don’t have to be a nerd or even technologically literate to follow my posts. A lot of time I talk about the more intangible aspects of technology, from learning how to manage technical people, to the psychological mindsets and impacts of technology.
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Highlighted Thoughts
Here are some highlights of some of the writing I’ve posted to my website:
Latest Post
Talent Stacks
One of my first blog posts, I discuss the concept of talent stacks: how skills and expertise in different unrelated areas can combine together to produce a more powerful effect. Read more
Why Losing Your Job Is Actually GOOD For Your Career
Written at the height of the COVID lockdowns, I used my past work history to show how a bad thing might actually be good in the long run. Read more
Take the Long Way Home
I discuss my return back to New Hampshire from Kentucky and the lessons I learned from that. Read more
Precipitous Terrain
Another COVID essay, I drew upon my past military and manufacturing experience to offer lessons on how to adapt to dangerous and uncertain times. Read more
Following Your Passion Is Horsesh*t
I provide a lesson from my career change, illustrating why you shouldn’t do what you love, but rather what you’re good at. Read more
Military Operations Orders for Civilian Planners and Leaders
I draw on my past military experience to show how I’ve used it to apply to manufacturing and data engineering. Read more
Ghosts in the Machine
One of my more esoteric posts, I reflect on some of the more stranger things in my life that I have experienced. Read more