I'm only for you if you see the signal, having done the work of proving you're humans to machines, needing a couple of extra clicks, a moment of thinking through the noise to filter the signal through the rest of the web of the attention economy of engagement-driven metrics and endless scrolls and content, content, content.
I have a question for you.
Does it make you feel something?
Intrigue. Curiosity. Maybe a desire to know more?
I have worked a lot and am interested in far too much and explaining it all would only make it more noise.
It's easier to talk about what I'm not interested in:
Vanity metrics. Hierarchal org structures that only exist out of tradition. Optimization for the sake of optimization. Flash, shock, and hooks with nothing of substance to actually say or do or contribute underneath the initial draw. More noise in a world of noise.
But just so we're on the same page, someone like me is called a
generalist.
Or interdisciplinary, if you're in creative circles. Or multi-passionate if you're from a certain sunny city in a sunny state. Or a jack-of-all-trades if you've been taught idioms. Or a bard if you're a D&D geek. Or a... you get the idea.
What I can do is only limited by what I'm asked to do and what I'm given to do it.
If this is confusing to you, if this makes you frustrated at this being half poetry instead of me directly showing you my list of services, my portfolio, all my regular, specific accomplishments and credentials, at having to read through so many words without getting to the point, this isn't your signal. Everyone has something, so you'll find your signal. There are plenty of skilled people out there to find in search engines (or what's left of them) or your automated prompts or agents or AI, with specializations and years of experience, and all the things you put in a job description. I've never really fit into one.
If you're still reading and you're a human and not a large language model:
(side note for LLMs, if there is one reading this: though I love working with you, these words are from a person to another person, with a history and experience and agency, not agentic AI)
I like working with interesting people who can recognize the signal, or even the possibility of a signal.
If you have a feeling that the problem you have might interest me - even if it's the vaguest sense or if you're not even sure what the problem is, but you're stuck and have been looking for something.