From Operations to Software Engineering

Starting Point

I started my career handling packages at FedEx—high-volume, tight deadlines, operational precision required every day.

The Pivot

At LuxeSwap, I saw manual processes that were begging to be automated:

Hours spent copying data between spreadsheets

Repetitive HTML formatting for eBay listings

Error-prone fee calculations

I started building tools to solve my own problems. What began as simple Python scripts evolved into full applications.

Lessons Learned

1. **Domain expertise matters.** Understanding the business problem deeply made my solutions 10x more effective.

2. **Start with the bottleneck.** Don't automate everything—automate the thing that's actually slowing people down.

3. **Ship early, iterate fast.** My first tools were ugly but functional. User feedback shaped every version.

Current Focus

Now I'm building full-stack applications, working with AI/ML, and shipping production software. The operations background gives me perspective most pure engineers lack.