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Parent, programmer, amateur astronomer and terrible guitar player.
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Here is my introduction post:
Instead of defining myself by saying “I am a…”, here’s a collection of hashtags that interest me (in no particular order). #meditation (specifically #twim right now) #cigars #bicycling #photography #computerscience #physics #guitar #music .
I live in #Michigan (in #LakeOrion, which is 35+ miles north of #Detroit), and spend a lot of time around #RogersCity (I’ll bet that’s the first time that hashtag has been used on Mastodon). My kids are really bright and sometimes struggle with #ADHD, so I’ll probably talk about that at times as well. I have spent more than 3 decades of my life as a #programmer, and now I get to be the old man who leads really smart people in solving big problems with small amounts of #software.
Retired #systemsengineering professional and #organizationalchange coach with decades of experience in the #military and #aerospace domains.
WRT #STEM, I'm primarily interested in the #Science and #Engineering of #Systems. My stance towards #Technology is opportunistic (will use whatever works best for the occasion) and I consider #Mathematics a necessary evil to get things done properly.
My experience with #computing technology starts in the late '70s on a room-sized IBM machine running FORTRAN programs from buckets full of punch cards, turned hard towards HPL BASIC on a much smaller HP 9825A "fully algebraic desktop calculator" with a miniature magnetic tape cassette where to store programs, and abruptly ended a few years later after a couple of months of "peeking" and "poking" in ASM on an even smaller ZX81 connected to a BW portable TV.
Even if I was reasonably good at programming the moment I got my first DOS/Windows PC to play with at work and surf on something called the #Internet, I fell in love with things like #writing, #drawing, and #exploring new ideas, that could now be done much better and faster with this new gadget, so I soon decided that being a #user, doing the #design and #testing while dealing with other #people to define #product and #process #requirements is much more fun than the actual #development of the #software product itself.
I'm very glad I found this Mastodon #community where we can "Question Others to Teach Ourselves". Please feel free to ask questions and argue with anything I say. Be sure I'll be doing the same. Nothing is sacred. There are no stupid questions, just BS answers.
Stay safe and be nice to others.
PJ
About me:
* Electrical engineer (chiphead) by training.
* Software architect/dev-herder (of late) by vocation.
* Computational quantum chemist by avocation.
* Tool-builder by compulsion.
Designed chips, joined/lead a few startups, VC wannabe for awhile. Then the wavefunction collapsed.
Technophile.
Autodidact.
ADHD sufferer/beneficiary.
Burner (the Man).
Dysthymic.
Romantic.
Kitten foster Dad.
I learn differently than others.
#QuantumMechanics #QuantumPhysics #QuantumChemistry #MonteCarloSimulation #ComputerArchitecture #Software
#Soldador de oficio. #tig #oxyacetylene #brazing #Welder
#Mecánico de #bicicletas.
#Bicycle #mechanic
#Brompton a diario. Solía ser #Surly, ahora sólo para largas distancias.
Solo uso #software #libre. #Linux #Debian
Fotógrafo de vez en cuando. #photography #fotografía
No puedo dejar de escuchar a #Bach.
"Debemos saber. Sabremos" David Hilbert
PhD candidate in #ComputationalBiophysics. I work on weighted ensemble enhanced sampling and Markov analysis of molecular dynamics simulations. Passionate about bringing good software development practices into the research world.
In my free time, I'm a #hardware and #software #DIY-er, into #3DPrinting, and a #smarthome + #homelab enthusiast.
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