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About

The obligatory page where I explain why this website exists and pretend it's not just an excuse to over-engineer things.

Reading time: however long it takes to question your life choices

The Elevator Pitch

I'm an engineering superintendent at a chemical plant who discovered Claude Code and decided the best use of this technology was building an aggressively over-engineered personal website.

After 14+ years in industrial engineering—where "it works on my machine" means something could explode—I now write satirical blog posts about corporate culture and pretend I understand React.

This site is part portfolio, part blog, part digital playground, and 100% a monument to what happens when engineers get bored.

The Journey So Far

A chronological record of increasingly questionable career decisions

2009

SOWELA Technical Community College

Learned to Make Things Blink

Earned an A.A.S. in Industrial Electronics Technology, which is fancy talk for 'I can wire things without dying.'

Highlights
  • First introduction to PLCs - discovered they're just fancy light switches with attitude
  • Learned that 'industrial' is code for 'everything is heavier and more expensive'
  • Gained the ability to read ladder logic, a skill that impresses exactly zero people at parties
2011

McNeese State University

Upgraded to Fancy Math

Earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a math minor, because apparently I needed more reasons to question my life choices.

Highlights
  • Survived differential equations - still not sure what they're actually used for
  • Learned that 'minor in mathematics' sounds impressive until someone asks you to do math
  • Discovered that engineering school is mostly learning to be comfortable saying 'I don't know, let me look it up'
2012

Thrown Into the Deep End

Joined an industrial automation firm where 'training' meant 'here's a laptop, the client is angry, figure it out.'

Highlights
  • Programmed control systems for critical infrastructure - because nothing says 'entry level' like a lock system on a major waterway
  • Built a rail-to-barge oil transfer system and a heat recovery steam generator before my first performance review
  • Learned that 'zone of proximal development' is a myth when your employer optimizes for billable hours over mentorship
  • Discovered I loved automation but hated the 'always on call, always behind' lifestyle
2012

Found My People

Landed a project engineer role in capital projects and finally understood what it meant to build things that matter.

Highlights
  • Supported six operating units across an entire supply chain - from cracking ethylene to shipping plastic pellets
  • Executed instrument, electrical, and controls projects ranging from 'quick fix' to 'this needs its own org chart'
  • Was absolutely a donkey pulling a cart with one hoof still on the ground - but a happy, learning donkey
  • First job where I genuinely loved showing up, even when the work was hard
2016

Louisiana Professional Engineering License

Became Officially Liable

Earned the right to stamp drawings and accept personal responsibility when things go sideways.

Highlights
  • Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Discovered a sudden, inexplicable sense of professionalism that only emerges when my license is involved
  • Legally obligated to 'promote the profession' - so this is me doing that, very professionally
  • Now qualified to have opinions that can be subpoenaed
2017

Bet On Myself

Left a stable job to co-found an engineering firm, because apparently job security is for people with less hubris.

Highlights
  • Wore every hat from CAD technician to CEO - often in the same hour
  • Learned that 'running a business' means OSHA signage, payroll scrambles, and optimizing financials for two different audiences
  • Served heavy industry and commercial architecture until COVID and back-to-back hurricanes said otherwise
  • Closed up shop in 2020 - undercapitalized and out of runway, but not out of lessons learned
2021

Collected Some Corporate Scars

Joined a multi-discipline engineering firm and learned that organizational charts are mostly fiction.

Highlights
  • Ran projects from Texas to Virginia - finally got to see how other disciplines solve problems (spoiler: also with spreadsheets)
  • Got promoted to engineering manager, which mostly meant attending meetings about future meetings
  • Developed a keen eye for the gap between org chart titles and actual influence
  • Left with cross-functional experience and enough material for a satirical blog
2024

The Prodigal Engineer Returns

Came back to where it all started - same place, better title, and finally in a position to provide the mentorship I always wanted.

Highlights
  • Superintendent of Engineering for E&I in capital projects - essentially my old job, but now I have a team
  • Finally get to provide the structure and scaffolding I wished I'd had as a junior engineer
  • Boss trusts me, leaves me alone, and only occasionally roasts E&I (he's a mech engineer, it's required)
  • Building internal PM software because apparently I can't stop over-engineering things

Timeline compiled with mild exaggeration and selective memory.

Get In Touch

For professional inquiries, collaboration opportunities, or to argue about whether ladder logic is "real" programming.

GitHub

Where the code lives (and occasionally works)

All email addresses are real and monitored by an actual human.

Views expressed on this site are my own and do not represent my employer. All satirical content is clearly labeled and intended for entertainment purposes. No PLCs were harmed in the making of this website.