I’ve decided to post my response to the three questions SFPC asks potential participants.

Before I start any application process I try to learn as much as I can about the place. That involves learning about the folx involved. I hope this post helps a future SFPC attendee get started on their application.

If you’ve landed here from a search and are considering applying, I recommend doing so! It’s fun here and the people are nice.

A disclaimer before we get into it: everyone who goes through SFPC comes from different backgrounds. If you see something on my application that you haven’t experienced, please don’t take it as a requirement. Batches are carefully selected to include different perspectives and skillsets. And you’re awesome 💕

i watched metropolis (1927) tonight at a bar with some friends. despite being nearly a century old, it’s a pertinent commentary on class and technology. the explicit moral is literally spelled out at the end, I guess:

there can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

but we couldn’t reach consensus about what this meant re: the worker struggles depicted in the film.

anyway, it’s late so instead of getting getting into heady things like that, i’ll share something that made me laugh during the movie. this scene reminded me of my lacking estimation skills at various points in my corporate tech career:

^ me, hand waving

^ my manager

^ my current progress