About me
I’m Quinn. I do data stuff, mostly— I’m an analytics/data engineer at my day job. I do other computer-y things, too, mostly web development. I also love art, books, woodworking, drawing, and urbanism, so you’ll see a bit of those here too.
I’m based in Philadelphia, and I find myself in NYC pretty often as well.
Let's talk!
I want to talk to you! If you feel like reaching out, whether for a specific reason or just…because, I welcome it. I’ll also add some things I am actively looking to connect on or help people with:
- Data. I’m pretty active in the dbt and Meltano communities. I use Snowflake a lot and work with big(-ish) data, so I do a lot of query optimization. I spend a lot of time writing documentation, too, and care about technical writing. I’m always looking to get more plugged into the community, especially since there isn’t as much in-person stuff happening nowadays.
- Mesh networks, Wi-Fi and community-owned internet. I’m involved with Philly Community Wireless and want to hear from people working on similar projects.
- Job searches and thinking about your career. This isn’t something I’m an expert in, but it’s something that I really enjoy helping people with (and I’m pretty good at it… and I’m doing it for free!) If you want to break into the tech industry and don’t know where to start; if you’re struggling to figure out where you want to go next; if you just graduated from somewhere and have no idea what to do with your life; or if you just want someone to look over your resume… reach out and let’s talk!
Book some time to chat with me here or drop me an email at this email address (this is a temporary email created with Apple’s email relay service; it will change if & when I start getting spam there).
Also… I live in Philadelphia and would love to grab a coffee or beer in real life too!
Some places I've spent time
- The Recurse Center, a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers. I highly recommend Recurse Center if you’re curious, independent, and do computer-y things or want to do computer-y things. It’s free to attend. Get in touch if you have questions or want to talk about it!
- Carleton College, where I got a BA in Economics. After graduating, I worked there full time for a year TA’ing sculpture classes and helping to run the wood and metal shops.