About Eric
Eric spent 2017 living and working in
two locations: Silicon Valley and Nairobi.
Extremely different locations by many different measures!
He spent five months in Kenya helping non-profit KickStart with their pedal- and solar-powered
irrigation pumps, while also exploring the region by car, foot, bike, bus, train and boat.
Now he's back doing mechanical engineering stuff on Waymo's driverless cars,
and lives in a big 4 story home in San Francisco with about 10 good friends.
So where to next?
Eric really enjoyed his respite from Silicon Valley and getting to know Africa.
In October, after more than two years in the application process, he was accepted for a future
deployment maintaining facilities & equipment at the global non-profit Doctors Without Borders.
This may happen in 2018, but there won't be much notice and he has no idea where he'd be sent.
Extremely different locations by many different measures!
He spent five months in Kenya helping non-profit KickStart with their pedal- and solar-powered
irrigation pumps, while also exploring the region by car, foot, bike, bus, train and boat.
Now he's back doing mechanical engineering stuff on Waymo's driverless cars,
and lives in a big 4 story home in San Francisco with about 10 good friends.
So where to next?
Eric really enjoyed his respite from Silicon Valley and getting to know Africa.
In October, after more than two years in the application process, he was accepted for a future
deployment maintaining facilities & equipment at the global non-profit Doctors Without Borders.
This may happen in 2018, but there won't be much notice and he has no idea where he'd be sent.
At Kickstart's machine shop in Nairobi
With Gift & Teresia -- wonderful
housemates in Nairobi
Eric helped purchase a milling machine for the
Kickstart machine shop
The Kickstart gang at Eric's farewell lunch
Lots of biking while in Africa. This was a ride
near Arusha in Tanzania, with some new friends.
Also got to participate in a couple
road bike races in Kenya
Before heading to Kenya Eric created this zero-emissions hybrid Suzuki, named Taylor Swift.
(When they said "bike to work day" perhaps they didn't mean with a car?)
In January Eric and a Google friend
biked 250 miles non-stop from work to Northstar Lake
Tahoe.
(This was on Highway 80, after a CHP
escort)
found a tandem buddy
This is the house Eric lives in, in San Franciso
Eric & Kappi toured Iceland
and saw lots of waterfalls
Kappi treated Eric and 8 other friends to a custom safari
in Botswana!
Somewhere in Botswana |
A portion of the group went sailing
off the coast of Croatia before the safari |
Camping in the Sierras at Eric's new 5 acre
"Schmidt Ranch" in Walker, CA
Dune Buggy adventure in Baja
Somewhere in Croatia
Eric the chimichanga chef in Botswana
Eric's BUS continues to turn heads.
Shown here at "Schmidt Ranch"
Soon to be joined by an
inherited vehicle from Gramps?
