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Curtis Jones

God-fearing, mountain-climbing, software engineer.

📍 Atlanta, GA https://curtisjones.us

One Time, Long Ago…Cheez-It

One time, long ago, I wrapped up a significant bike ride (six mountain gaps and maybe 70 miles, if memory serves). I treated myself by purchasing a box of Cheez-Its from Walmart. Now, I’ve bought Cheez-Its many times — they’re my favorite snack, after all — but this was the

Unexpected Advent Reading

10:58am (two minutes until church starts) Pastor: Curtis, are you guys ready for this? Me: Yeah.... Wait. Ready for what? Pastor: The advent reading. (He motions over to the candles.) Me: ??? Pastor: This week it is your family's turn. See, it's right here in the

Children and Communion

When fencing the table, the minister will call on unbelievers to not participate ("lest you eat and drink condemnation upon yourself"). Why do we exclude baptized children of believers, along with unbelievers? This isn't something I put much thought into until I tried and failed to

Interviewing is a Perishable Skill

Just stop for a second, first, and realize that I'm not advocating for job-hopping. I also don't want to come across as suggesting that you waste other people's time by interviewing for jobs you don't want. With that said, if the first

Children’s Church (or How to Fail Your Child)

My church “bubble” was such that I was aware that children’s “church” was a thing, but I never saw it on a regular basis or even knew anyone whose kids actively participated in it. Then we moved. Our new church situation was such that unless we wanted to hop

Religiosity & Rocky Ground

So, 2020 rolls around, lunacy strikes, governments around the world start forcing people to stay home and "non-essential" businesses to close. Other businesses close voluntarily. Some states (and countries) force churches to close. Other churches close voluntarily. A significant number of people start "doing church online."

Best Practices

This reminds me of a consulting firm that was hired by one of my employers. They sent over a handful of "senior" engineers. It's rarely the newbies who are the problem: more often than not, they eagerly accept feedback; it is the developers with ~10 years

Job Search Filter

...by organizations that indent their code with tabs, like civilized people, instead of spaces, like barbarians. Unrelated to all that.... I have never seen a video that hits home quite like this one does. It's just...painful. This guy gets it. Or at least he portrays it perfectly.

They Only Do These Things During Meetings

Message to my team at work. Sorry for my brief absence during our meeting: one of my kids got hit in the face with a rake, and my wife spilled oil all over the car. They only do these things during meetings. :-)

Jones Boys

I come from a decent sized family (I’m one of six) and I‘ve got a large extended family – I have lots of aunts and uncles, dozens of cousins and those cousins must have a hundred-something kids at this point (I’ve long since lost track). All of us

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