Here are things that have been keeping me interested—hobbies, books, music, etc.
At work, I currently lead the Promenade Butcher vertical engineering team. Though I lead a team at my last job, this is a more formal “lead” role, with expectations of responsibilities, etc. Being team lead does not come naturally to me, so it’s quite the challenge, but it’s rewarding so far.
We are slowly integrating React into our legacy codebase. Since React is typically an “all or nothing” framework, layering React into the existing code has been a fun challenge—how do we preserve our battle-tested JavaScript while also indiscriminately mounting React into sections where we need new hotness? Questions like these are what make me excited to log on in the morning.
Working from home lead (somewhat unsurprisingly) to some weight gain. To combat this, I’ve gotten into the habit of running, swimming, biking and rowing over the last few months.
While exercise alone isn’t enough to drop the unwanted pounds, I certainly feel much better.
There are so many good shows on nowadays!I'm currently watching the following:
I confess, I haven’t read as much as I’d like to this year. Here are some books on my short list for next year, though:
Give me a light-hearted non-work-related podcast any day of the week. My favorites to listen to while taking my daily walks: