You're probably wondering if there was a proud Dalek at Portsmouth Pride and I'm here to let you know that yes, there was a proud Dalek at Portsmouth Pride.

#Pride #LGBTQIA #Portsmouth #PortsmouthPride #UKPride #Dalek #DoctorWho #Photography

I've been programming for 36 years, more than 3/4 of my life. It's always a little surprising how much I still absolutely love it. Obviously, the context in which I program can sometimes suck the joy out of it—it's not all roses.

But when I get to sit down and type a bunch of letters to make a computer do a thing, it still fills me with delight. If I won the lottery and retired today, I'd probably still spend much of my time puttering around in codebases.

Hello mastodon. I could use some help. #fedihire

TL;DR: I was laid off a while ago, and the traditional "go scour job sites and apply" is currently broken. So - let's try social media. Please boost if you are willing, or pass this along if you know someone who needs what I can offer.

I'll be brief: I'm a very experienced System Reliability Engineer, with a track record of dependability and scalability. I take people's problems - stability, uptime, scale, cost, durability, speed, security and attack resistance - and fix them. I have the dubious honor of generally costing less to employ than I save my employer. If everything is perfect - you don't need me. But if you do, you may need me badly.

I'm available. Drop me a note.

I am located in Ventura, California, and strongly prefer remote work. I don't require visas or special accommodation to work in the US.

Here's a resume: https://www.bortels.us/TBortels_Resume_2025_public.pdf

Update: For anyone playing along at home, or seeing this for the first time - fear not! I am once again gainfully employed. Thanks to everyone who sent leads or encouragement. Let's hope I've learned from the experience ("Don't be a frog in a pot and hope things will get better if you just work harder and think good thoughts")

Having said that, it's not my forever gig. If you need an experienced security-focused SRE with a ton of AWS experience *who is only interested in remote work* - ping me, let's talk. I figure I've got 10 more years before I retire, act fast!

Just a mathematician popping up to say that 1969 was 56 years ago not 76.

Perhaps poor math(s) is why humans haven't made it to Mars?

New comiCSS cartoon: Type of GitHub users
https://comicss.art/comics/180/

#github #cartoon #css