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Welcome!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ll have plenty to post here, things I think and talk about that I want to share with you<\/em><\/strong>. It will be a repository of sorts. Probably plenty of things regarding web development, life, cooking, recipes, working, health, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A little about me…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since you’re so curious, I live with my wonderful wife and baby girl in Wisconsin. We’ve been married since 2010 and it’s been the best adventure of my life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been building websites for people, non-profits, embassies, and businesses since 2012. The website are on WordPress, so they’re easy to manage and update for clients. I really love doing this. It’s the perfect mix of problem solving, building, and life-long learning. And there’s plenty to learn in web development!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve mostly freelanced, working through platforms like toptal and Codeable, as well as a brief stint as a web engineer with 10up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent a little over two years as VP of Development at The Digital Ring, building out custom applications and leading\/mentoring the dev team. It was awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, was a Senior WordPress engineer at Strattic for two years, building custom serverless integrations for WordPress (🤯, a ton of fun!) with an awesome team of folks. Strattic was acquired by Elementor<\/a><\/strong>, and I spent a year working there as a Full Stack Developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m an avid learner and have made a habit of collecting masters degrees. I have three: a masters of business administration, a masters of divinity, and a masters in citizenship and human rights: ethics and politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We love traveling. I’ve been to six continents (not Antartica… yet!), lived on four. I speak Spanish and I\u2019m varying degrees of conversational in a couple other languages. Family, friends, food, coffee, and cooking are basically my favorite activities outside of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll put up some of my favorite recipes and concoctions here for your viewing and tasting pleasure. If I knew I couldn’t fail, I’d probably open a restaurant where I made a few dishes a day for people, open for lunch and work until everything was sold out. Interesting flavors and “hiding vegetables” are two signatures of my cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to leave comments and share anything you find on here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned for regular reading…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n