Facts: - imagesize: 200px - caption: at south by southwest 2008 - notableworks: jerkcity geek '' , '' managing humans '' , '' being - pseudonym: rands - birth date: 1970 - name: michael lopp - image: michael_lopp _ -lrb- apple_inc . -rrb- . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rands .
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rands is the pen name and alter ego of michael lopp -lrb- born 1970 in california -rrb- , a webcomic author , software engineering manager , and blogger .lopp originally used the name '' rands '' as his chat room handle ; it became the name of his '' grey '' - styled alien character in his webcomic jerkcity , and it is his persona when writing about software management .in 2010 , he began working at palantir after more than eight years at apple .in june 2014 after 4 years he left palantir for pinterest .