hobbies.metrics
Numbers, timelines, and the quantified
side of a life lived at full throttle.
Passions
The things that keep the mind sharp, the body moving, and the creative spark alive between deployments.
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Stories
With over ten thousand jumps, skydiving isn't a hobby — it's a second language. There's a clarity that comes from freefall that you can't replicate anywhere else. The sky strips away everything that doesn't matter and forces you to be present, precise, and utterly calm. It has made me a better engineer, a better leader, and a better human.
10,000+ jumps since the 1990s
Started at age five. Over forty years later, the practice hasn't changed its core lesson: discipline is freedom. The dojo taught patience, controlled response under pressure, and the understanding that mastery is a direction, not a destination. Every principle applies directly to building software.
Training since age 5
Two wheels, open road, no meetings. Motorcycling is meditation in motion. It demands the same focused attention as debugging a critical system — constant awareness, reading patterns, anticipating what's ahead. The difference is the wind in your face.
There's something deeply satisfying about building something physical after spending all day building the intangible. Furniture, shop jigs, the occasional ambitious project that takes three times longer than planned — sound familiar? Same joy, different medium.
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Every hobby feeds the work. Martial arts built discipline. Skydiving taught calm under pressure. Woodworking developed patience with imperfect materials. Horology instilled appreciation for precision. Music cultivated an ear for rhythm and pattern. Motorcycling reinforced the value of focused attention.
The best engineers aren't one-dimensional. Breadth of experience creates depth of perspective.
Also Exploring
The art and science of timekeeping. Mechanical movements, vintage pieces, and the quiet satisfaction of understanding how time is measured.
Reading a room, building energy, controlling flow. A different kind of architecture, built in real time with sound.
Lifelong listener, occasional player. Music is the through-line that connects every other interest.
The list grows. That's the point. Curiosity doesn't retire.