About me
Marsh Penman M.A, M.Sc
Professional summary
I’m IT Manager at Penman Consulting, which has my name over the door but I’m just an employee. The job started 10+ years ago as an accidental role but I’m pretty good at it now, and suitably qualified (MSc Computing/Technology Management). It involves a hundred things that IT Managers in SMEs do that aren’t managing IT, plus managing IT.
Writing documentation is a lasting source of joy to me. I write great documentation and am an ISTC member.
I started my professional life in health and safety in the nuclear industry. I maintain my Tech IOSH by meddling in business health and safety at least 30 hours a year.
Later I was a professional mediator for 5 years. The bulk of my work was I.T intellectual property (ITIP) disputes, but I also mediated personal injury and employment disputes for, among others, the Central London County Court.
I have a GitHub presence but it’s just endless snippets and experiments, and my hobby learning mathematics. I code badly.
Personal
I’m a parent carer (the parent of a disabled child). That takes 90% of my time, spoons and emotional capacity.
Despite having ankylosing spondylitis, I lift a lot. Or rather I lift, a lot. I compete in strongman and all-round weightlifting, forever in novice category but that’s fine. There’s video online of me pulling 200kg for 11 reps at age 531 on both a stiff bar and an axle. In the same year I got video of putting a 110kg atlas stone over yoke for reps2. (I’m lifetime natural.)
If you’re a amateur masters strongman/strongwoman, I wrote a well-recieved program booklet you’ll like: 5/3/1 for the Masters Amateur Strongman/Strongwoman by Marsh-P along with other free programs and ebooks
My second language is British Sign Language (BSL). My third is probably some LML, maybe Markdown.
I’m a gamer3 and have been since the ZX81. I play Minecraft with other geeks and without shame, here. The smallest hill I’d die on is this: “Gone Home and With Those we Love Alive are the best games made so far”. I will update if that ever changes. The game I’ve played most (lifetime stats) is Aardwolf MUD.
Wristwatches are my favourite awesome encapsulation of classic engineering and modern geekery. I try not to buy more of them, and fail.