” August 2023 update – I ended up dropping out of the master’s because it cost too much. These days I’m working on AWS certificates as a way of showing my continuing education without spending a fortune. We begin our story at the Eastland-Fairfield Career as a junior in high school, in the sleepy hinterlands…

” Here are my responses to the AWS interview worksheet concerning Amazon leadership principles. Ownership  I practice ownership through mindful cleanliness of my physical belongings, and mindful awareness of my abstract belongings such as relationships and careers. Invent and Simplify Productivity is an exponential curve over time if optimizations are applied locally and consistently. Are…

“ The Buddha taught that suffering is a consequence of attachment. He advised that we work on lessening our attachment to earthly attractions and thereby reduce our suffering. Personally, I don’t have any intention of losing my attachment completely to the joys of this world. And I have learned that in fact, to achieve your…