Going Back to School When You Already Have a Career
Why experience does not remove the value of a degree, and why returning to school is not the same as starting over.
Workspace Log
Filtering and columns across my systems career, hobbies, and studies.
- school
- hobbies
3D Printing Is a Hobby That Creates More Hobbies
The strange satisfaction of spending three hours designing a part that replaces a five-dollar object.
- hobbies
Kayak Fishing and the Art of Doing Less
Why sitting close to the water with too much fishing gear can be a surprisingly good reset.
- health
Biking Without the Motivational Speech
Exercise is easier to keep doing when it feels like part of life instead of punishment.
- health
The Community Garden Workout Plan
Dragging hoses, pulling weeds, and discovering that gardening is exercise with tomatoes at the end.
- health
The Stir-Fried Potatoes That Should Not Work but Do
A simple wok recipe for crisp-edged potatoes with soy sauce, brown sugar, and a glossy starch-thickened coating.
- health
Cooking for Two with a Wok
Why the wok became one of the most useful tools in my kitchen, even when dinner is not strictly Chinese.
- hobbies
Textbook Chinese and the Language People Actually Use
Why correct Chinese can still sound wrong, especially in messages, livestreams, and casual conversation.
- hobbies
Learning Chinese with an Engineer's Brain
What happens when someone trained to troubleshoot systems tries to learn tones, characters, and real conversation.
- leadership
A CSV Is Not a Database Until Everyone Depends on It
Why small automation projects become real operational tools, and why local Git is better than mystery folders.
- work
Moving from Avaya to Microsoft Teams Is Not Just Moving Phones
Why an enterprise voice migration is really a business-process migration with phone numbers attached.
- work
The SBC Is the Bouncer at the Door
A plain-English explanation of what a session border controller does in an enterprise voice network.
- work
Nobody Cares About Telecom Until It Breaks
The invisible nature of phone systems, and why one failed call can become the biggest problem in the building.
- work
How I Ended Up Working on Phone Systems
A career in enterprise voice is mostly solving invisible problems that everyone suddenly cares about.
- hobbies
Welcome to Wok and Wire
Why a telecom engineer who loves cooking, Chinese, and collecting hobbies decided to build one more website.