Crazy place. Lots of strange stories about that place

I had a dog once that would eat anything on earth except McDonalds fries.

I'm not a #Trump guy by any stretch of the imagination , but I mean , cmon...

Teacher

1. I spent a lot of time coaching and working in camps with children when I was young. Children still believe anything is possible, that the world contains magic, and that they can make a difference. They aren’t jaded and pessimistic. It’s nice to be around this type of energy.

2. I really enjoy designing lessons and having my students access information and knowledge that they may not have been able to do before. I like being a strong male figure and a safe place for some children who don’t have that at home. I like connecting with people and playing a role in their lives.

3. I have taught in a town of 2000 people at a school on the reserve, in the suburbs, and at a top academic private school with multi millionaire and a few billionaire families. I have worked in three different provinces, under four different provincial governments. I have been part of unions (because I had to be), and I have been on 1 year contracts.

4. I teach my students to always question everything. To challenge authority, to challenge the people who seek to teach then their ways of knowing and understanding the world. Obviously, always in the most respectful way. I have anarchist tendencies and believe in the sanctity of the individual. I love for time spent in the outdoors but also understand the power of technology and the power that these children will have to utilize in the future, and what they are currently up against.

There’s more. It’s hard to narrow it down. Thanks for asking. 🤙😁

Engineers are typically more interested in things than in people. That’s why they become engineers.

I think more specifically, software engineers are more interested in ideas.

I got into software engineering because I was obsessed with the experience of a customer’s eyes dilating and then silently going “ooooh,” when they encounter a product that’s going to change their lives for the first time. I remember my first iPad, and when Steve Jobs presented it. He described it as “magical.” A better word could not have been used. I didn’t need to have explained to me why this was going to change the world, or how I did things. I instinctively knew. To me, this is the highest pursuit of software engineering - software that needs no explanation or justification.

I find this often puts me at odds with other developers both IRL at my job, and online. I roll my eyes as a 1028th way of doing something backend is created for a task that works well enough, and brings no user-facing improvement to the table.

I will never stop finding joy in the products that are magical though, nor will I stop trying to be a wizard.

What experience got you into your field? What made you passionate about it? And what do you think sets you apart from your peers? What is the flavor you bring?

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Way too kind and generous you are Frank 💜🫂