My Passion

....stuff I care about.

Most developers will say what they like to do. I will tell you what I am passionate about.

Solving Problems. I have been a consultant and I have done work in a huge amount of frameworks and langualges. The thing that keeps me going is solving a problem and seeing the results

Diversity. There are a lot of good people in technology and a lot of good people who do not get a chance to be in technology. I don't see a bad guy in the problem with Diversity in Tech, I see a problem waiting to be solved by smart people.

Learning. I really like to learn new things. I take Grad classes from time to time just to keep up my skill set.

Building Software Is A Craft.

Be A Craftsman.

I build projects for clients. I like building great products and I consider it my craft. The balancing of features, time, needs, budget and the unforeseen while still making your client happy it what consulting is all about. To build great products, you have to do all of the above, and go one step further and connect with your users.

I was once turned down for a job because I was too "client facing". This was surprising because I think everyone should be client facing. No one wants a DevOps guy in their office who doesn't care about the client. No one wants a UX developer who doesn't care about the user. A good developer understands that code is just a means to an end -- and that end is making someone's life better.

As software developers and DevOps Engineers, we are all client facing and we build products to help. We build software to help make stakeholder's lives easier, better or just more fun. We solve problems and generally do good stuff.

First, do no harm. An important step for medical students is the Hippocratic Oath. For developers, it should be, First, do something awesome.

The Un Portfolio

This is not a portfolio to show off my work, but a portfolio to pass along some things I think are usefull.

Docker & Microservices

Docker is cool. Microservices are cool. I have shared some of my Docker images for microservices on Docker Hub.

Writing On Medium

I like to write, I wish I had more time to write. When I do write, I write on Medium, so take a look at some of my posts over there.

Diversity

I publish some lists on diversity on my GitHub account as well as pro-bono work for non-profits working to increase diversity in tech..

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