In high school I wasn't the best programmer in my Turbo Pascal class. I got a three out of five on the computer science AP exam.

In college I wasn't a great Electrical Engineer. I took computer science classes for fun and they brought my grade point average up.

For the first fifteen years of my career I kept my head down; I was humble enough and shy enough to assume I was always the worst developer in the room even when it was obvious to everyone else I was not. I volunteered for the toughest assignments and the projects nobody wanted. I thought I was learning everything about everything. In fact I learned how to learn. And how to fail.

Today I am awake. I have found my voice. I stir the pot. My biggest strength is that I am extremely comfortable in the chaos that is a healthy technology project; I thrive in it. I love moving things that don't want to move. I am not interested in plans. I am interested in good people and challenging problems and high stakes.