Electrical engineering degree, automation work in heavy manufacturing, building automation at The Jackson Laboratory, and ongoing Maine client engagements.
Half of what I build for the ZAO and for Maine clients is automation - cron jobs, agents, integrations, pipelines. The engineering background is where the instinct for that comes from. Pre-ZAO I shipped industrial automation; on the ZAO side I ship software automation; for Maine clients I ship whatever automation the operation actually needs.