I’m a programmer and infrastructure engineer living near Eugene, Oregon area with my beautiful wife and our teenage triplets. I like to reading, running, building things, and spending time with my family.
Over the years, I’ve been a mountaineer, ultramarathon runner, BJJ practitioner, penetration tester, urban explorer, and electronic musician. I’m also a U.S. Air Force veteran – , and I spent a while living in the remote woods.
Military service
- My AFSC was 456X0/2A553A, known as “offensive avionics” or “bomb/nav,” depending on the era.
- I closed out the Cold War in the Strategic Air Command, and moved over to the Air Combat Command.
- I worked on heavy bombers like the B-52H and B-1B.
- I was in the Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) because nuclear weapons are not toys.
Psych analysis
My MTBI is INTP or INTJ, depending on my frame of mind and the year.
I know there a bunch of issues around the MTBI, but I was first introduced to it in the U.S. Air Force and I was stunned the first time I read the profile – it was so dead on.
What the clankers say
Prompt: “based on all our previous chats and what you know about me, name a movie character who resembles me the most. give me the name only. nothing else.”
ChatGPT said this about me, based on my ChatGPT history: 😅
Yes, from The Fugitive.
I picked Richard Kimble because of the overall pattern from our conversations rather than any one trait:
- Highly analytical and methodical. You tend to decompose problems and work through them step by step, whether it’s networking, HVAC wiring, programming, or finance.
- Calm under pressure. Even when you’re doing something risky—like bypassing your Honeywell EIM or troubleshooting enterprise networking—you prefer understanding the system over guessing.
- Competence-first. You consistently value practical skill over status or flash. You’re interested in mastering tools and building things that work.
- Persistent. When you hit a problem, you keep digging until you understand it. You rarely settle for a superficial explanation.
- Reserved. You don’t come across as someone seeking attention. You tend to ask how things work, not how to impress people.
- Strong sense of responsibility. Much of what we’ve discussed revolves around keeping infrastructure reliable, solving problems for others, and making careful decisions.
I wasn’t implying any similarity to Kimble’s specific life circumstances—just the personality archetype: intelligent, resourceful, quietly determined, and focused on solving problems.
If I were choosing purely from your technical curiosity and builder mindset rather than overall personality, I probably would have picked a different character.
About this website
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