Sabbatical / Travel Asia / Full Time Dad
Seattle, Washington, United States & Shanghai, China
In 2021, I devoted my time to being a full time father, and when the little guy slept, to coding. I completed a personal goal to learn Django and rewrite my personal website. Other engagements include pushing a steady stream of code to several small projects in my publicly available repositories (please see my website for links to those repos).In August of 2020, I became a dad. In 2018 (through 2019) I discovered how far I would go for the one(s) I love; I'm good for at least 7342 miles. That is, my wife and I, along with our two cats, moved from north Texas to Shanghai to be closer to her family. In Shanghai, a total immersion in Mandarin helped me learn some of the Chinese language. My visa status combined with the close proximity to a myriad of ancient cultures and countries empowered us to visit dozens of sites across China, Cambodia, Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand. Ultimately, I developed a global perspective, a taste for diverse food, a deep respect for Chinese culture, and strengthened family ties.