jerichobob/adventofcode2017

Participating, but not competing, in the 2017 Advent of Code (http://adventofcode.com/2017)

• 👋 Hi, I’m Bob 👋

• I currently work with a group of crazy / cool / innovative builders @ BUILT as a CTO Advisor/Consulting Architect ❤️❤️

• 🌱 Most recently, and after several decades 😁 in hardware & software systems development, I went back to being a student and this spring (May 2024) received my Masters of Science in Physics @ NCSU in Raleigh NC (https://physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/people/bob-seaton/) 😀🤓 - one of the highlights of my life.

• While earning my degree, I had the privilege of working in Rongmon Bordoloi's astrophysics research group. We focused on observational astrophysics, studying celestial objects like stars, galaxies, galactic clusters, and quasars based solely on the light captured by our telescopes. It's remarkable how much information about these distant objects can be gleaned from analyzing the electromagnetic spectrum.

• I started my career writing tests for the 68040 processor, building out an automated test infrastructure for that silicon; I've been hooked on the value of good test methodologies ever since.

• I love to build things which means that I also like to code (in various languages, primarily in React and Python these days) and I LOVE the process and explanatory power of system design and (good) architecture. I came to Python late in life, but now it is both a tool I use in CGM research and in the exploration of generative AI systems. But I still feel like this more than I would like: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/python_environment_2x.png

• I am also a HUGE fan of Blender (https://www.blender.org) ❤️ ❤️ ❤️