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About This Site<\/strong><\/p>\n

This site is a personal site presenting my own views. The thoughts here do not represent the views of any organization to which I am affiliated, even though I may end up sharing my perspectives on such things from time to time.<\/p>\n

The blog is meant to capture my random thoughts on a range of topics, including technology, my daily observations, and things in my life that I want to share with the world. In addition to my thoughts, I will also share my photos, some of which are randomly displayed in the header image.<\/p>\n

About Daniel Jacobson – Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, I am focused on building a portfolio of board seats, advisory roles, and consultancy gigs.\u00a0 If you are interested in discussing such opportunities with me, please reach out to me on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously, I ran large engineering organizations at several major media companies: Netflix, The New York Times, and NPR.\u00a0 As an engineering leader, I focused on establishing a robust long-term vision, hiring and growing a strong team of leaders and ICs with the right skills to pursue that vision, liberally sharing context to my teams, nurturing a strong culture of inclusivity, learning, experimentation, and innovation, and then getting out of people’s way to let them do their best work.<\/p>\n

In addition to writing a range of articles, presenting at many conferences, and building the public presence of my companies and teams, I also published a book through O’Reilly called “APIs: A Strategy Guide”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Daniel Jacobson – Music<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been playing drums for decades and have been in a range of bands, playing styles such as pop, rock, fusion, jazz, and more.\u00a0 I am currently in a couple of professionally gigging bands, including All Day Brunch<\/a>.\u00a0 For samples of my playing from my past projects, you and visit my\u00a0 music page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Daniel Jacobson – Personal<\/span><\/p>\n

I am also a father and husband, play drums, chess, pickleball, and learn Portuguese .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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