Hi, I'm Joel. This is my personal website, which I mostly use as a short, custom domain for my email address.

I live in Vancouver, Washington with my partner and our dogs: Gus (husky/border collie), Namgil (jindo), and Sukhee (jindo). I was born in California, grew up in Wisconsin, and have lived in the Pacific Northwest for the last 18 years (Portland, Walla Walla, Bellingham, and Vancouver). I enjoy reading, music, outdoor physical activities, and building things.

I work as a senior software engineer at Unreasonable Group. Before that, I worked at Legalpad, which was acquired by Deel in 2022. And before that, I worked for 12 years as a lawyer in private practice in Portland, Oregon, handling employment and immigration matters (still licensed, not practicing).