It’s Been a While

This past three years has really flown. It’s time for me to finally get back to my roots and also start blogging more, like I did previously.

My last post was about Strata 2013. During this time period, I was taking a break from working full-time to finish a Ph.D. dissertation that I had neglected during my previous two positions. I learned my lesson the hard way, never work externally if you want a Ph.D. in a reasonable amount of time! I quickly got my dissertation from an intro to the first 65 pages or so during this gap. I then received an offer from Facebook. I was ready to move to Silicon Valley and enjoy all the things I had been envious over for so many years: the perks, the culture of innovation and intelligence, and the technology community. This was an opportunity I could not pass, and the dissertation went on the back-burner for another two years as I spent the majority of my waking hours, both during the week and the weekend… and on holidays… coding into a frenzy. I was looking forward to living in a world where I was entrenched in the technology and […]