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title: About — Jesse Anderson
description: 30-year non-linear arc. Father of four. Currently in a deep AI immersion.
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That's the through-line. Not a career ladder — a sequence of obsessions.
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    <h2 class="section-title">The arc — non-linear, on purpose.</h2>
    <ol class="arc-list">
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Age 8.</strong> TI BASIC on a TI-99/4A. The hook set early.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>School years.</strong> Violin / fiddle. Flight lessons.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>U.S. Air Force, 1994–1998.</strong> Aerospace Ground Equipment.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Hawaii, 1997–1999.</strong> Two hats — Realtor selling real estate, and the firm's principal IT person.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Tropical Connection, 1999–2001.</strong> IS Manager. The on-ramp back to coding.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Smart Solutions, 2002–2007.</strong> The C# / .NET professional reset.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Pixelsilk, 2007–2012.</strong> Five years of product alongside engineering.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>BA in Education, Ashford, 2012.</strong> Formal degree is in Education, not CS.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Xero, 2013–2018.</strong> 100+ two-week sprints on a 2M-user SaaS.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Capital One, 2018–2022.</strong> Master Platform Engineer at a top-10 US bank.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>2021 — Kora Labs founded</strong> with my second-eldest son. Cardano because of academic discipline, decentralization, and RealFi mission.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>May 2022.</strong> Left Capital One full-time for Cardano.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>2022–present.</strong> Building handle.me full-time.</li>
        <li class="arc-item"><strong>Last six months.</strong> AI infrastructure. The current immersion.</li>
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    <p class="arc-postscript">Flatten this into a clean tech-bro arc and you lose the most distinct thing about it.</p>
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    <h2 class="section-title">Four boys. Two granddaughters.</h2>
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        <li><strong>Eldest</strong> — MARSOC. Father of my two granddaughters.</li>
        <li><strong>Goose</strong> — second-eldest. CEO of Kora Labs. Cardano deep-dive writer. Co-founded the company with me. <a href="https://x.com/ieGoose">@ieGoose</a></li>
        <li><strong>Third son</strong> — designs in Blender, Roblox Studio, and Suno. Writing his own Roblox game. The collaborator on the OpenClaw 3DCG bridge.</li>
        <li><strong>Youngest</strong> — very athletic. Drawn to challenges. Recently trying out theater.</li>
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    <p class="family-postscript">Baseball is a multi-generational thread — I played through grade and high school plus some adult league, now I coach the two younger boys.</p>
    <ImagePlaceholder note="Baseball photo — young Jesse + coach-with-the-boys (TBD)" />
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    <h2 class="section-title">What I'm into.</h2>
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        <li><strong>Screen.</strong> Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, anime.</li>
        <li><strong>Music.</strong> K-pop / J-pop, K-rock / J-rock, Southern Goth, hip-hop, rap.</li>
        <li><strong>Places &amp; culture.</strong> Japan.</li>
        <li><strong>Tech as hobby.</strong> AI, blockchain, 3DCG.</li>
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