College, Debt, and Finding Your Future

I love hearing people’s college stories. Everyone’s experience is different. It’s just a really interesting part of people’s lives.

College was implied in my upbringing. That is to say, it’s just what happens after high school. I…

Is College Worth It?

Spoiler alert: I don’t know the answer to this question. I’m just some guy writing stuff on the internet. It’s a personal matter, when you get down to it. I mean is anything really worth it? What does that even mean?

Step one, be quiet..….now go!

Existing in the mind and the digital world, coworking was talked about as a need, a pent up desire and…

The Entrepreneurial Struggle Is So Real, But So Worth It

My younger brother and I knew that we would own our own business from the time we were seven and nine years of age, conducting business meetings to establish Power Rangers, Inc. — the amazing and not-so-original idea that we thought would help us fulfill our dreams of…

Feedback Loops

A topic that encompasses a lot of the startup process, and really life, is setting up feedback loops to not live inside one’s head. While my background and some of the verbiage below suggests a focus on tech startups, these are general ideas. Most startup talk can refer to any company getting going…

Career advice for those fresh out of school

Background

Quite often I work with college interns or people fresh out of college. They ask for career advice, fully expecting to get the standard “Follow your dreams!” speech from every commencement. This is a more detailed…

Building a System that Supports You

Overview

I’ve spent all of my professional life in Engineering. The consistent difference between low and high performers is discipline. Specifically, high performers build systems which help them to do their work. Rather than develop their tools fresh for each…