Apologia Pro Labor Mea
This site is a gateway to my professional experience collected during my software/hardware practice, which I would like to share with others. Most of my learning was guided by those who love to share. Likewise, I want to give back what I was given freely. I do this hoping for a thought partnership with all interested and with the hope that you teach me too.
My educational journey led from the study of fundamentals of solid-state physics, through MS in EE, PhD in software to various research assignments, projects, and initiatives which proved to be most memorable and practical. I tasted how useful philosophy, natural, and cognitive sciences are. My intellectual and professional evolution from university research to engagement in high-tech engineering and management has been driven by curiosity in pursuit of solutions. At first, finding solutions was quite satisfying, until I discovered that what I considered “solvable problems” could quickly morph into wicked issues which never go away. What was most troubling, was that many around me were suffering from similar paradoxes, but few were able to admit it. Even fewer were able to do something meaningful about it. That was the beginning of my adventure with complexity in engineering and complexity in human systems. My goal is not that we will “find solutions to all complex issues around us”. Rather, I hope we can help each other to adopt better, more effective methods to remedy existing threats and to harvest emerging opportunities.
For me, it all starts with awareness, curiosity, and the desire to know more. In the words of A.J. Heschel, it’s the desire “to know what we see rather than to see what we know”. In my experience, the antonym of good professional practice is not malpractice. It is indifference and lack of compassion. In my pursuits I have been guided by many intellectual giants. I will keep sharing with you what I learned from them and what I uncovered myself using their advice. The intent of my efforts is to guide and facilitate learning that is practical and useful in contexts only you will relate to or know. Please see the Books of Interest where I list useful books in my search for better practice, compassion, and humble attitude, so you can go to the sources I value and learn.
One of my physics professors encouraged us to pursue deeper understanding. He said that “most people fall into one of two categories: the self-taught who learn by themselves and the unlearned who never learn”. I hope to be helpful to you all.