💻 Work

My day job is working in open source. If you want to hire me or seek my consulting services, please contact me via email.

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🗺️ Thoughts on life, the universe, and everything

I love to explore how systems work. Whether it’s a computer system or ocean ecology, I want to know how the different parts work together, why a system thrives or struggles, and what factors could impact the system.

But it’s not enough for me to understand how something works. I want to share knowledge with others and encourage people to learn and grow. My motivation comes from my parents, who were both teachers (automotive and art). From my parents, I learned that it only takes one encouraging mentor to radically change the direction of a person’s life.

It’s important to me that knowledge and education should not be accessible to everyone. My goal is to lower barriers to knowledge. When I experience a challenge or barrier, I create a smoother path for others. When I’ve reached a high point in my career, I map a path to leadership for the next generation.

I thrive in a collaborative, open environment. I want to use my skills and passion to build something bigger than myself. I value open communities that focus on topics like open source, open data, open science.

🌐 Find me on the interwebz

Blog (this site!)

Resume and LinkedIn – I’m seeking a FTE role as a program manager, team lead, or senior developer

Otter Tech — my consulting company (Code of Conduct training, open community advice)

iNaturalist — my nature sightings on an open source citizen science platform

Flickr — my Creative Commons licensed photographs on a proprietary platform

Bluesky — my personal social media posts on a proprietary platform

Mastodon — my personal social media posts on an open source platform

📸 Photo Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all photos are Copyright Sage Sharp, licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA. This means you can redistribute and modify my photos, as long as it’s for non-commerical purposes.

Photos that I do not own the copyright to will have a link to the author’s webpage (e.g. Flickr account), and the photo alt text will attribute that photographer. If you do not want your photographs to be a part of this website, contact me via email.

📝 Blog Reproduction Policy

I do not allow my posts to be reproduced in whole on other sites. Quoting longer sections is fine, as long as a link is provided beside the quote. Posting translations into other languages are allowed, as long as the blog post contains a link to the original post at the top of the page, and you understand you are required to take down the post if I request it.