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The tech project I most enjoyed working on at UncommonGoods was\u2026<\/strong> I\u2019m inspired by\u2026<\/strong> My favorite place to hang out in New York City is\u2026<\/strong> An uncommon fact about me\u2026<\/strong> When I\u2019m not working, I\u2019m probably\u2026<\/strong> The word that best describes me\u2026<\/strong> Since working at UncommonGoods I\u2019ve learned\u2026<\/strong> With a pile of stuff in front of me I would make\u2026<\/strong> Where did I get all this stuff from? Am I on a desert island? Am I locked in a room with this stuff? This question is a little intimidating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Area Technology Operations Manager Paul is inspired by roadblocks, loves a good challenge, and isn’t afraid to question questions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":32930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1170,1172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48792,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32923\/revisions\/48792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUff-Da, there has been quite a few. Some more rewarding and some more challenging, but I think the one I really enjoyed the most was my first large project. I was a packer in the warehouse who had an aptitude for computers and logic, and my manager picked me out for a pretty complex project (especially for me at the time) writing a script which had the end goal of remapping where everything we sell would live in the warehouse based on frequency of orders, space, and paths people would have to move to get things. It really got my juices flowing in a way I hadn\u2019t had things flowing. It was my first time scripting, and for the first time I was turned on to the idea that I could make a living using my brains instead of my hands.<\/p>\n
\nRoadblocks, I guess. If I have an idea and I can figure out how I may be able to execute it but I keep on running into a roadblock I get obsessed with figuring out how to keep moving ahead. I\u2019ve had so much more fun configuring gadgets to act exactly like I want them to (even if what I want is not what they were meant to do) than actually using them.<\/p>\n
\nDo I lose points if I say at home with my wife?<\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t like this question\u2026<\/p>\n
\nTrying to resist the temptation to read comic books instead of learning new things about programming languages.<\/p>\n
\nPaul Kvamme. Oops, one word\u2026 umm\u2026 Pawlcuame? Pawlcwaumee?<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve learned how to do a lot. I keep finding reasons to learn new things as I pick up odd jobs from all over the company. When faced with a project, if I know it is possible but I don\u2019t yet know how, it\u2019s that much more exciting.<\/p>\n
\nYou\u2019re given a foot of string, an empty gallon ice cream carton, duct tape, a pound of shredded newspaper, a long-sleeved flannel shirt, and a pineapple. <\/em><\/p>\n