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Intro addendum 2!: a note on my reference to being an ex-hacker, because I get asked that every once in a while. A quick note: I have a degree in computer networking. I had a class as part of that program dedicated to breaking into systems and building defenses against those attacks.

First, why "hacker": this part is fairly straightforward. Used to be grey-hat in my teens and early 20s, I might or might not have broken into systems because I could (won't say which, ever, so don't ask). I have also been known to bodge fun electronics together (eg. I've made a couple cyberdecks in the past). Up until a career change I was becoming more white-hat than grey (lost all them "I can do anything teenage hormones" lol)

Now the "ex" part: a career change! I went back to school to teach German as a second language. Since then (~2015) I haven't done much in the way of coding and pretty much stopped caring about seeing what I could do with a database. I still futz with tech and whatnot, but nothing I would call noteworthy hacking or bodging. I'm more interested in my art and linguistic journeys than the less than legal life I left behind.

Tho, hacking is a mindset rather than an activity, so I'll let you judge whether or not I am or am not a hacker ;)