Just a guy with a family, working hard during the week to enjoy the weekend.

Hey everyone, I'm Grant and I am a medically retired Staff Sergeant (E6) of the Army with over 12 years of service and multiple deployments to Iraq. I enjoyed my time in the Army, and I would do it all again if given the choice.

I am currently an Electronics Maintenance Technician II/Trainer with a multi-national firm and I really like what I do, but vacations and life beckon, so extra jobs call to me to gain that additional income so I can take my wife and two daughters out into the world to enjoy.

I am into electronics, computers, raspberry pi computers and arduinos, motorcycles, Jeeps, cars, trucks, DIY projects, and pretty much anything else that involves me taking things apart, upgrading them and putting them back together again. The family and I like to camp and fish, visit historical sites (the wife and I are serious history buffs) and enjoy movies out when the little one's with a baby sitter.

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Mostly about computer stuff like the python programming language, and Linux. All the podcasts I listen to as of 6/13/17 are:
Talk Python To Me
Python Bytes
Hello Internet
Late Night Linux (NSFW)
Linux Voice Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Ellistronics (very NSFW)

The last two are nothing about computers, with Ellistronics about MMA and extreme sports. They are extremely foul mouthed, just a warning.

I've gone to college 3 times! I've graduated 0 times! I know, awesome! I hate it, I learn better on my own, all the classes are the same boring junk over and over and it was just a burnout on my brain. I have a ton of credits, but no structure to them for any piece of paper to tape on the wall next to my daughters' latest drawing of a crazing looking Batman or a disfigured kitty-cat.

Work Terms

I have varying hours of operation, but can get much of the work done during the day and in the evening after normal work hours. Depending on negotiations, additional hours could be added. I can be reached by phone, text or email. I have a slack account, Reddit account and then my rarely visited Facebook account, too.