By day, I'm a software engineering manager at a news organization you've probably heard of.
By night, I'm a writer with a science fiction book you've probably never heard of.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, I now call the Boston area home. I started in broadcast journalism — that's my degree — but I'm a self-taught developer who just kinda happened to get back into the journalism industry.
Yes, I write my code comments in AP style.
Read some of what I've learned as an engineer at several Boston-area tech startups and now as a software engineering manager in the local news industry.
July 28, 2020
One of the most important parts of my job overseeing a software development team is to keep them productive and communicative. Projects run more smoothly when the lines of dialogue are open and honest, and people are happier when they're listened to. And one of the key ways I've found to keep that openness and honesty is what I call the freedom to make mistakes.
June 3, 2019
Managing many different projects in different languages and frameworks has been challenging, particularly because my background includes very little formal software training. How do I thrive at my job?
A sci-fi nut, I'll often wind down reading a decent book, or attempting to write one. Check out my current project.
For millenia, humanity has looked to the stars, wondering what's out there.
For nearly as long, other races have looked to Earth, wondering what's down here.
It's the job of a top-secret CIA directorate to keep an eye on that curiosity, a job that went mostly unnoticed — until it couldn't be ignored any longer. And now, the people of Directorate 51 hold the fate of all humanity on their shoulders.
Read some of my random musings, thoughts, news, and so on.
January 1, 2022
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, like practically everybody, I’m worn down.
August 22, 2019
I converted my site to Gatsby, one of the more popular static site generators, and purchased and adapted a template to make it how I wanted.
