He formally served on active duty as a linguist in the United States Navy, where he learned software development while working as an analyst at the National Security Agency. He is the co-founder of PyHawaii (the Python user group in the Hawaiian islands) and is active in several programming and non-programming communities since moving to San Francisco. He enjoys blogging, volunteering, academic debate, and long walks to the nearest coffee shop. His handle on all the social medias is knowsuchagency