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Side Project Breakdown

Hey everyone! Chances are if you are reading this post, you either interviewed me recently or are looking for a viable candidate for a job opportunity and want to know what I’ve been up to in my spare time (I would love to share code that I’ve written professionally for companies, but legally that’s a tough one - especially since I currently wor...

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Trust the breakup process

Mike’s Breakup Process Explained! Finally, after weeks of keeping you all wondering how I did it, I have finally culminated a written word on how to get over a breakup in 2 weeks. For those of you just going through a breakup, I know. 2 weeks is a lot of time! It might feel like forever, and it might feel like the world is going to end before ...

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A Grief Observed

Upon visiting family in Monterey 2 weeks back, I learned that a close friend was in the hospital with COVID. This friend was a successful doctor, a considerably healthy 70 year old with a strong heart both physically and metaphorically. He chose to stay unvaccinated, assuming he would be fine if he were to get sick. On Friday October 22nd, the ...

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Covid Death Analysis

Ever heard of the Trolley problems? They are a series of thought experiments involving ethical dillemmas. The most basic version of the problem goes as such: There is a runaway trolley barrelling down the railway tracks. Ahead on the tracks, there are ten people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. Convenientl...

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On Long Distance Relationships

This is just a piece I wrote to work through my feelings right now. idk, rofl, lol, btw, otw, bet, aoc, awol, bae, b/c, byob, imo. These are the words you read. They are expressions of emotion in a medium with no emotion. Sandwiched between these colloquialisms, stories are told about growth and improvement. Nothing is said of the growth apar...

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The Beginnings

It’s been 7 months since the COVID pandemic went viral (no pun intended), and I’ve finally cracked; I’m starting a blog. Some of you might be thinking “Great! Another white guy here to mansplain away the issues of ours times!” That, although potentially true, is not my goal here. Initially, I thought it a good excercise to practice my writing ...

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