Write it down
Welcome! こんにちは❕
Thank you for stopping by :clap: It has been about two months, to the day, when I started this new venture of mine. Putting so many hours of my time towards something that may ultimately go nowhere felt pointless. It was important for me going into this that I had a solid plan around what exactly I hoped to get out of all of this. I wrote it down early and I am sharing it now:
| Experience | Community | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Experience building actual software and products | Connecting with other games, developers, and people | Opportunities to do more of what I truly love |
What is this venture?
Originally I thought I would use this as a platform to focus all of my energy thinking about how I would do “xyz” differently “if only it were my game.” Flash forward about 5 years of head in the books grinding in Python and Visual Analytics for 50-60 hours a week before I finally felt confident enough in myself to start this venture.
Who am I?
I am Eli. A Husband and a Father, I put a lot of pressure on myself to ensure I am doing everything I can for those I love. Behind all of that is a nerdy obsession with games, data, and new things.
Why now?
Like, just about, everyone I have seen how AI has shifted the dynamics of development. Even in the few years I have been working in analytics I have seen the shift. This clip from Star Trek really sums up my feelings around AI as a whole.
To that end, AI has helped me immeasurably when I think of the number of times I would have simply given up on a task without the right “next step”. This is that next step as I finally channel all of the things I have learned from bootcamps, self-dev, work, and curiosity. Can any of that be turned into something purposeful? I would like to find out.