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What I'm Doing Now
Living in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, and loving
year-round access to parks and hiking trails. I'm working on my life
goal of visiting and hiking every state park in Minnesota, something
my grandparents achieved when I was young. I'm currently at 9 of 64
state parks.
Working as a Manager of Software Engineering at
DroneDeploy, leading our Enterprise Growth
team and loving it. I'm a new manager and still learning, having
transitioned from a Senior Software Engineer in early 2025. I'm
learning to use AI tools effectively, seeking to cut out hype as well
as find the utility it can provide.
Studying part-time at the
University of Minnesota, working on
my BS in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations in computer
science and applied business. I'm currently taking classes on AI ethics and human factors in technical writing.
Building my
Emacs configuration, with a
focus right now on building and improving my personal note-taking and
prioritization system built on org-roam (and maybe I'll make a blog
post about it at some point).
Learning to play the bagpipes, more or less on a
whim, and it's a lot harder than it looks to actually sound good. I
haven't played an instrument in at least 7 years before this.
Brewing my next batch of homemade mead, this one will
be a nice simple traditional dry mead, using local wildflower honey.
Reading my way through a backlog of weather-related
books, currently enjoying
Cloud Warriors by Thomas Weber.
Living in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, and loving year-round access to parks and hiking trails. I'm working on my life goal of visiting and hiking every state park in Minnesota, something my grandparents achieved when I was young. I'm currently at 9 of 64 state parks.
Working as a Manager of Software Engineering at DroneDeploy, leading our Enterprise Growth team and loving it. I'm a new manager and still learning, having transitioned from a Senior Software Engineer in early 2025. I'm learning to use AI tools effectively, seeking to cut out hype as well as find the utility it can provide.
Studying part-time at the University of Minnesota, working on my BS in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations in computer science and applied business. I'm currently taking classes on AI ethics and human factors in technical writing.
Building my Emacs configuration, with a focus right now on building and improving my personal note-taking and prioritization system built on org-roam (and maybe I'll make a blog post about it at some point).
Learning to play the bagpipes, more or less on a whim, and it's a lot harder than it looks to actually sound good. I haven't played an instrument in at least 7 years before this.
Brewing my next batch of homemade mead, this one will be a nice simple traditional dry mead, using local wildflower honey.
Reading my way through a backlog of weather-related books, currently enjoying Cloud Warriors by Thomas Weber.