Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Home Base

Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • Aggressive Birds

    Walking down the Paseo next to the children’s museum in my neighborhood the other day and I was attacked by number of grackles. Every few seconds, one would buzz the top of my head. A couple of times, they knocked my hat off. I kept walking slowly, not wanting to gain more attention. In the…

  • Ineffective Sign

    Vanessa and I saw this while picking up coffee on the way home from church this morning.

  • Asheville!

    I had heard whispers and mutterings here and there about this mythical city. Rumors said that wort rains down from the sky, collected in gilded basins, brewed in copper kettles, then bottle-conditioned at 60°F, day and night without the need for climate control. In this city, the tap lines are always clean, a brew is…

  • Goals Recap: 2015Q2

    The second quarter (and change) of the year has passed and, in an effort of accountability, let’s recap what progress I’ve made on my goals for this calendar year.

  • I Am A Core Contributor

    Impostor syndrome. It’s a bitch. If you’re not familiar, impostor syndrome is used freely as the in-vogue way of describing the feeling that you’re an impostor. Somehow, someone made a mistake when they hired you, picked you to lead a project, promoted you, describe you as an “expert” or something else like that. If they really…

  • I’ll Find Another Job