Hi, I’m Mark.
I’m a DevOps engineer specializing in Kubernetes, AWS, and Jenkins at a company I won’t name here because I’m not speaking for the company. (It’s not a secret; feel free to ask.)
I am a classically trained percussionist, but once I left music school, I never did music professionally. I did play drums in a few small bands and in the supporters’ sections of soccer games for many years. I was a college radio DJ (at WXJM and WTJU), and have done shows on aNONradio and tilderadio.
I’m an amateur (ham) radio operator (KQ4MII), a Unitarian Universalist, and queer. I find community and growth in all of these things. If you and I share these or other interests, that’s great! Let’s chat. If you find community and growth elsewhere, that’s also great! Everyone needs to enjoy things, so please enjoy what you do.
I live in Reston, Virginia, about half an hour west of Washington, DC. My time zone is US/Eastern. My native language is English, and I can read and write French and a bit of Spanish. You may use any pronouns to refer to me; I don’t really care as long as you don’t call me “Marky Mark.” My last name is Cornick, not McCormick; I am unrelated to any McCormicks. My username is pronounced “em-core-nick.”
I am no longer on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram (because they’re toxic waste dumps) and I’m not on LinkedIn (because I don’t want to be chum for recruiter sharks.) Instead, I post on Mastodon. (I’ve cut way back on even Mastodon, as “social media” overall has really bored me lately.)
You can email me at mcornick@mcornick.is. Please don’t email me about job opportunities or to sell me anything. If I’m interested, I’ll find you.
