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as the seasons change
I watch the clouds passing by
while sipping my tea

What do I mean by “tech-savvy admin”? Well, I’ve loved technology for most of my life. This started with things like electronics, space, robots, and computers when I was little. This continued as I grew older into radios, especially shortwave, and other communications devices. And computers became a deep fascination. However, I never became a computer scientist. I love what computers can do and find the inner workings fascinating, but what I most value is what I can do with them.

Career-Wise: Much of my career has been spent in general administrative roles. Things like business administrator, administrative assistant, executive assistant, office manager, and project/team coordination. I’ve worked for a wide array of companies, including Seattle stalwarts Starbucks and Microsoft (check out the full list on my LinkedIn profile).

Deciding it was time for a change, I spent the pandemic earning an Associate of Technical Arts in Web Application and Cloud Development. While working on that degree, I also studied desktop support and took a few classes on Cisco networking. The purpose of those classes was to deepen my insights into the structure of the web and the internet. But that also turned out to be very helpful in keeping me employed as the web development world dissolved (see below).

My plan for work after finishing was to move into webdev roles. But I finished in 2022, right as major companies (Microsoft, Google, etc) started laying off software/web developers en masse. Thus, that plan fell apart completely. I do get to do some web work nowadays, mostly WordPress, Wix, and Squarespace support, which makes me happy. Funny, though, that my admin background still drives things. Even as we moved into all the layoffs in the 2020s, I was being recruited for executive assistant and admin roles. I guess I’m good at that! Anyway, I’m back to focusing on that work. I think my top-notch tech skills will serve me nicely there, too. Especially in the age of AI.

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