Whitehill Software

23 Months of Internships benefitted me immensely in jumpstarting my software engineering career. I try to return the favor by sponsoring interns wherever I can. Receiving 'thank you' notes like the following is a lovely downstream consequence of that giving. But the real benefit is knowing that another intern is succeeding. "Hi Mr. Whitehill, I'm starting my second year of university, and many of the opportunities I've been granted have been due to the reference and recommendation you gave me last year. Do you have any time where I could thank you and catch up, maybe if you still have the consultation website we used last year? Thank you again for your time, S.J." Sometimes all it takes is some mentoring and a reference letter. Have you considered starting an internship program? In today's pic, we see three of my 2023 Genesis Block interns modeling the monetary properties of Bitcoin after reading the first chapters of "The Bitcoin Standard" by Saifedean Ammous.

On Friday, Emergent Patterns released its third song, Super Fly. Super Fly is large with deep pedal themes lightened by angel melodies. Within 30 seconds of listening, I knew the type of video I wanted to make with it, a celebration of the people I've ridden with over the past year, since my return to mountain biking. Thank you, Emergent Patterns, for writing beautiful songs and allowing me use of them as tracks. How lucky am I? Please give Emergent Patterns a listen and subscribe. https://lnkd.in/ehmYVJ7c And, by the way, I've just released my third video, a playful one, "Jason's "There's a Downhill'". I'll post about it soon. Cape Cod Mountain Biking #EmergentPatterns #capecodmtb

Emergent Patterns sent me another song, Genius. I listened to Genius perhaps 20 times while sipping my morning coffee, driving to the hardware store, laying in the hammock. Each time, I felt parts of stories emerge and evolve. Eventually, I sensed a story that would fit Genius, one that I had already recorded during the cold season - ascents and descents of Mt Zig, a well known 'point of interest' at Otis. I decided, though, that rather than use footage from the cold season I would record anew - and I was up for day of challenging climbs and rowdy descents. So, that was my plan for this video's ride. But, early in the ride, though, the forest whispered to me, a presence which called me to the tech features of Graveyard by way of Sunset Ridge and Turtle Rock trails, diverting me from my plan. I listened. And, as I bring only so much leg, I knew the diversion might keep me from exploring Mt Zig. But, then, serendipity diverted me again... I hope you enjoy this, my second video with music. https://lnkd.in/e7QsbsAJ This release features Genius, performed by Emergent Patterns. Awesome music makes everything better. Thank you, Emergent Patterns. Genius is an incredible song and I send you more sunny days. Click below to find and follow Emergent Patterns on Spotify... https://lnkd.in/guaNHfh2 I hope this video inspires you to bring your bike to Cape Cod. The riding here is varied and awesome as I’ll try to show. I'll look for you on the trails. No human mountain bikers were injured very much in the making of this video.

In recent years as an architect, I made the career mistake of getting too far away from the IDE, source code and compiler. When I hung out my shingle 2+ years ago, a promise I made to myself was to get back to one of my life's true loves - software engineering. Until now, I've semi-kept that promise with lightweight R&D efforts, but now I've got the breathing room to keep the promise in full. And this morning, for the first time in too long, I'm turning off the phone, ignoring my email and rolling up my sleeves for a full day of PaaS software development. Wish me luck :-)