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:

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.

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.

Take the Long Way Home

I discuss my return back to New Hampshire from Kentucky and the lessons I learned from that.

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.

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.

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.

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.