My name is Christopher O'Brien, but I typically go by the monicker 'siege.' The story behind this nickname is significantly less interesting than you might imagine.
I am the proud father of a beautiful daughter named Zoe. When she was little she loved riding her bike and playing Minecraft. Now she is much taller and off on her own.
I work for Red Hat in the role of a Release Engineer, wherein I get to apply the saner aspects of my programming skills to the domain of building and releasing product software.
Hobbies
I enjoy riding both motorcycles and bicycles. I am a hobbyist
programmer when I feel like being a professional software engineer
hasn't sucked the joy out of it. I like to sculpt and paint, but I
generally only have a few good ideas before I have to pack those
mediums away for another year. I enjoy people-watching and trying to
figure out what's going on in groups from across a room.
I work at ridiculous projects in the wee hours of the night. Frequently things that nobody would (nor should) actually use. However, I do not view this time as wasted. These mad hacks are a creative exercise, and I find that my re-inventions can provide excellent insight into otherwise inobvious situations.
Contact
- Christopher O'Brien <obriencj@preoccupied.net>
- GPG Key (52829C5C)
Social
I've ditched Twitter/X, and Google Plus has long since died. You can still find me on the following:
- obriencj on GitHub
- obriencj on Keybase.io
- @obriencj@fosstodon.org
- obriencj.preoccupied on Instagram
- obriencj on Strava
Changelog
- 2023-11-10: Updated social links