Had one of the awesomest moments this morning. Johnny asked me what Github was for, and what I did there.

He has asked before, but not with this level of persistence and curiosity.

(warning: I know ppl have feelings about GH. Don't bring them to me, this is about my son.)

Normally I just hand him a quick answer about GH and he is fine, but he saw the logo on his favorite Splatoon sites and wanted to know how it all contributes to this thing he enjoys.

He asked me before bed and I gave him the light answer, and he said "maybe tell me more later?"

I am used to explaining my job in the following contexts.

a) not in tech ppl, who don't care (that's fine)
b) ppl in tech, who often immediately want to get into chest thumoing/airing of grievances (yaaawn)

So... I don't talk about my work much, even tho I love it.

I am not used to ppl caring about it. When I was married, my ex used to brag about not knowing what I did. The only thing that she could describe is my salary.

All this to say that when my son came back to me this morning asking honestly what I did, I was so pleased.

"later" was the next morning. While he ate his morning cheerios, I used coasters to explain git, GH, distributed systems and kubernetes to my 9 year old.

If he retains 5% of that I'll be pleased as punch.

He wants his own GH account and is getting back into coding...

...and honestly? His curiosity energizes me! I love what I do but it often contends with the fatigue I have in tech of always being told I don't belong no matter what I do.

But my son makes me feel like I belong.

Its crazy how much he does for me without knowing it.

I do my best to not overwhelm him proactively with my passions, as I want him to be his own person...

But when he asks, I feel like it is my duty to tell him!