He has studied user interface and user experience design and is cited in Wikipedia for research in interactive evolutionary computing. He has worked as a director of R & D, and as owner of a development company doing high-end remodeling, where he constructed complicated real-world environments with fancy electrical and plumbing systems. In a past life, he earned advanced degrees in physics and space science, programmed the space shuttle launch control computers, and tested rocket fuels at White Sands.