about
i am a child of deaf adults [CODA]. My first language is American Sign Language [ASL].
i enjoy picking a mandolin.
i’m told i’m organized but i don’t believe it. maybe my love of getting things done [GTD] has something to do with this perception?
i’ve got an unhealthy obsession with software design and particularly it’s impact on people and organizations.
i’m a relatively recent mac convert that really enjoys the way apple approaches design. i’m not exaggerating when i say i spend less than 1% of the time troubleshooting my machine now that i’ve switched. i had the apple newton back in ‘94 and and should have switched back then, i’d have less grey hair in my beard.
i have an MBA but please don’t hold it against me. i actually enjoyed grad school and if i had my drothers, i’d go back. i am an RID certified ASL interpreter and a PMI certified project manager.
i have an old town canoe that i use frequently here in central NJ and up in the adirondacks of NY.
my partner Rob and i started a family with foster children from the state of NJ and we’re hoping to adopt soon.
below are some FAQs or read the 101 things about me.
FAQs:
q: why the name sean808080?
a: it’s a way to remember my dad who spent a lot of time with me tinkering with electronics and cameras. one of the biggest projects we did together was building a z80 dummy terminal together. so the z80 brand got mangled and added onto my name. i credit my father for giving me the patience to de-construct things just for the challenge.
q: was it hard growing up with deaf parents?
a: was it hard growing up with hearing parents? seriously, a kid knows what s/he is used to. my parents were hard working and intelligent people that happened to be deaf. i’d change nothing at all about it. in fact, it has given me more than a few things to be thankful of. among those things are fluency in ASL and membership in the CODA family.
q: is it really true that ASL is your first language? how do you know?
a: when i started interpreting about 20 years ago, i was tested by a researcher conducting a study on language processing differences between ‘hearing’ people and children of deaf adults [CODAs] she let me know i was the first CODA she tested and my results were markedly different from the non-CODAs.
q: was it hard to get the project management professional [pmp] certification?
a: actually it was not hard at all. the stuff one learns in mba school overlaps with what is expected of a project manager to quite a degree. i really enjoyed studying for the pmp credential as the folks at project management international [pmi] have a nice body of work in the project management body of knowledge [pmbok].
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