Intro
{
"name": "Rob Seaver",
"occupations": ["software engineer", "human dad", "cat dad", "husband"],
"blurb": "Why, hello there! I'm Rob, a Gen-X husband and dad of a human and two cats."
}
Contact Information
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Thanks for stopping by. If you’d like to get in touch, please reach out via LinkedIn or GitHub. Also, please state why you’re contacting me — not because I’m needlessly rude or because I think I’m special, but because I don’t like mysteries. Saying “Hey Rob” isn’t going to cut it. It will benefit both of us.
Fun Facts
I’m an Austin, TX-based software engineer who was doing full-stack development before the term existed (ca. 1999). Get off my lawn, or something. Here are some of my interests and hobbies, as well as some fun facts.
- I enjoy writing code (obviously).
- Music sustains me. Here are a few bullets about my musical interests:
- Old-time folk, blues, and country. Anything pre-1950 really gets my blood pumping.
- Cajun music. This is a recent obsession. I love the accordion and the fiddle. I’ve also started learning Cajun French, which was unexpected. I was never a big fan of French in school, mais, asteur moi j’aime apprendre le français Cadien!
- I play the banjo and guitar, and am teaching myself how to fiddle.
- I am married and have a son who just turned 18. We also have two cats, Peter and Gwen. Yes, they’re named after the characters in Spider-Man. Peter is a big orange tabby, and Gwen is a petite tuxedo cat.
- The best TV show to ever air is Deadwood. I will fight you on this.
- I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine. While it’s helped me get better sleep, my wife is most excited by the fact that I no longer snore.
- I like taking 20 minute walks daily. It helps clear my head, get some fresh air, and get some exercise. I have actually lost weight, though it was not the primary goal.
- I attended college for four years, then dropped out during my senior year. My major was Spanish, with a minor in anthropology. Regrets are ever-present, but I try to remind myself that I turned out fine, and have been successful in life in my career in spite of it.
- I haved lived in Texas for the past twenty-five years, but I grew up in the Northeast — New Jersey, to be exact. When I first moved here, everyone was so friendly that I thought they were just trying to get something from me. After a few years, I learned how to be “Texas polite” and for the most part, consider myself a Texan now. Every once in a while a New Jersey-ism slips out, but it’s rarer with each passing year.