Background
After several failed attempts at higher education and a tour of duty in Afghanistan with the US Navy, I found myself working the graveyard shift as a CNC laser operator—hating my life. I had started teaching myself to code as early as 2012 but never considered it a real career option. That changed when I was six months away from earning an engineering degree I no longer cared about. I decided to take the plunge and go all in on software development.
I spent roughly 30 uninterrupted years in the "middle of nowhere" Kansas before making the leap in 2018—moving across the country to Portland, Oregon. After two years in my first tech job, I relocated to Colombia in 2020. Since then, I've been splitting my time between Colombia and the USA, working remotely for companies worldwide, and running my own development agency, JokinglyBadTech LLC.
