If you are early in this work, or standing at a fork in it, write to me.
I will read what you send, and I will answer what I can. There is no program, no application, and no fee. Nothing on this site is for sale, and this least of all — it was given to me first, by people who had no reason to bother, and I have never found a way to pay them back that works as well as passing it on.
What I am good for: reading a drawing set with you. Talking through an offer, a title, or a number. Telling you what a schedule is really saying. Being honest about what a room is going to be like before you walk into it, and what to do when it is worse than I said. I am most useful when the question is specific.
What I am not: a recruiter, a referral, or a shortcut. I do not know everything about this industry, and I will say so rather than guess.
How to write
Tell me where you are, what you are working on, and what you are trying to decide. A real question gets a real answer. Say if you are just starting out and looking for someone to think out loud with — that is the letter I most like to get.
Before this
I studied civil engineering at the University of Portland and later learned to write software at the Flatiron School. My eye was trained on steel and on water — the Spheres, the west approach bridges of SR 520, a liquefaction plant on the coast of Peru, and a water project in Honduras I led for Engineers Without Borders. Those years taught me how a thing gets built and who actually builds it, which is most of what I have to give away.
EIT · LEED AP BD+C · PMI-SP
— Jaci
Seattle · July 2026