Rant

The longer I'm in corporate America - and the longer I homelab and listen to podcasts - a cliché truth becomes more and more apparent to me, which is a lot of people are full of bullshit, and a lot of initiatives are built on nothing, and a lot of people feel the need to be/feel important.

So, for this rant to be healthy I suppose I'll muse for a little while on finding things of value in these contexts that suck.

I want to be thankful for finding things that matter when I'm forced to participate in contexts that I think are stupid.

Redemption

So what good has come? The first is financial blessing - I hate that money runs the worls, but God has given me a skill-set where the work does afford a moderately comfortable life.

I've met some good friends of faith through the machine that is corporate America, and the friendships are a source of regular encouragement via The Boys Chat.

I've also met a couple friends of tech (so to speak) and through those friendships I've discovered fun hobbies which have affected my family life and home in very positive ways.