akmad

Location: EMEA, CET (Based in Nairobi, Kenya. US Citizen and available for US Remote work)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, Java, SQL, JavaScript, CI/CD, DotNet Framework 1.0-9, Jave SE, RESTful Design, TeamCity, YouTrack, Jenkins, CircleCI, JIRA, Confluence, git, GitLab, GitHub, Agile, SCRUM, TDD, DevOps, Health Tech, Logistics, Technical Team Leadership

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-brown-bb2aa0/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNc13Y0RAXIX6OEFl4Nj8VWyZH2...

Email: wes@weslandia.org

Summary: Driven technology leader with over a decade of experience building high-performing engineering, product, and cross-functional teams across global, mission-driven organizations. Seeking a Senior Technical Leadership role where I can leverage my experience to scale teams and deliver market-leading products. Proven ability to scale software teams from the ground up, building a development team from zero and taking a product from inception to 150+ customers. Adept at mentoring engineers, leading, fostering professional development, and instilling engineering best practices to consistently deliver scalable, secure, and high-impact products. Demonstrated success in aligning technology strategy with business goals, leading enterprise architecture design, and executing digital transformations that accelerate delivery cycles and improve product quality. Passionate about building inclusive, collaborative environments where innovation and knowledge-sharing thrive.

If there is one thing that playing video games over the couple of decades has taught me it's that there is NOTHING that a well placed nuke cannot fix.

That is all.

""... or pass on to my kids." and "... roughly 75% of the books I read I'll never read again." are mutually exclusive, no?"

Not in the least. I may not want to read them again but still consider them worth passing on.

"..."buying" a book for the Kindle is more akin to "renting" the book"

This is exactly why I love libraries. I specifically want to own (outright, no string attached) books that I will want to read again or have some other retaining value. The Kindle gives me all the negatives of the library system (no ownership) with all the negatives of the commercial system (expensive, wasted money).

I wish the Kindle were more of a utility. Everyone buys one and it can be used to buy, loan, and trade books. Amazon would make money because the Kindle would be the TRUE iPod of the book world. However I'm not holding by breath for this to happen (at least with the Kindle); but I am hoping that someone else sees this opportunity and beats the Kindle into the ground.

I would LOVE to get a Kindle. I enjoy the user experience and the convenience of having all your books on a single small device would be amazing. That said, I am never going to pay even $100 for a device that locks me into buying books that I cannot loan to a friend or pass on to my kids. Not to mention that roughly 75% of the books I read I'll never read again. This usage pattern perfectly matches the free (excluding taxes) library system but is absolutely terrible for a device like the Kindle.

Until the Kindle adds the ability to get a temporary copy of book from a library (or other free service) and make it easy to transfer ownership of books (either for free or for payment) I won't even consider buying one.