Silver liningsToday, I came to accept that I will be postponing my bike trip for at least a couple months due to the pain that manifested during my last…Mar 7Mar 7
Can I afford to retire? How can you?I got asked how I could afford to retire, and thought I’d go into a bit of detail about it here, in case it can inspire or inform.Feb 5Feb 5
On the why of adventuring and how I’m approaching my new direction in lifeI just read this line from Paul Millerd in his newsletter:Jan 22Jan 22
The first days of the rest of my lifeLast friday, I retired after nearly 30 years of working in tech. But I’m still not sure what that really means, aside from opting out of…Jan 21Jan 21
the 7 stages of relaxationToday starts 3 months of leave from my job at Netlify. Wonder how quickly I’ll be able to relax into summer…May 1, 2021May 1, 2021
Teching UpI’ve been interviewing lately at Netlify for new Support Engineers. It’s been a very rewarding process — and the part that has been the…Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
Teambuilding thoughts 2Funny how I titled the first in this series “Teambuilding thoughts” before the conversation described below. I was actually asking…Feb 2, 2017Feb 2, 2017
Teambuilding thoughts part 1I’m going to be building a technical support team, and while I have helped build a big team before, and will certainly have help from some…Jan 7, 20171Jan 7, 20171
Hiring your first Support EngineerI was recently asked by a customer: “How can I hire someone like you?” After I got over the flattered feelings, I realized I wanted to talk…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016