Brags
Aaron Francis and Ian Landsman talked about this on the Mostly Technical podcast — keeping a living brag document so when someone asks "what have you been up to?" you have a real answer.
This is mine, and it's a good reminder that I like to come back to when I want to remember some of the things I'm most proud of.
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Helped build and ship NASA's new streaming service
Built the backend, project managed and helped deployed NASA+, NASA's new streaming site. Working with the team at Lone Rock Point and the civil servants at NASA was one of the highlights of my career.
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Bought a company
I acquired WP Pusher and Branch in late 2021, for six figures. I funded it the way by raising a friends and family round of debt and am still running it to this day!
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Co-founded and ran Alpha Particle
Co-founded Alpha Particle, a WordPress consultancy, and ran it as CTO for six years, growing revenue, hiring employees, and building publishing platforms for the likes of Rolling Stone, Variety and more along the way.
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Earned a cease and desist on my very first coding project
A friend and I were building the "Expedia for regional buses" and learning to code at the same time. I didn't think to look up how litigious one of the company owners was and got a surprise in my email inbox. Nevertheless, I kept coding and this project (even though it didn't work out) was the start of my career as a developer.
