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, a naturist (link contains nudity), 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. I use he/him pronouns (though 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 (because it’s a toxic waste dump) 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.com. Please don’t email me about job opportunities or to sell me anything. If I’m interested, I’ll find you. If you do email me and say something like “I was reviewing your web site”, I’ll know you’re not to be trusted.