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For the past decade I've been a software engineer at Google. In my spare time I've created a mélange of open-source software. I've also built some rather unusual hardware. On rare occasions I've even been known to write something interesting.
Recent events have made it abundantly clear that the United States is not a good place to raise a young girl. To that end, I started researching alternatives, compiling a detailed speadsheet of virtually every country. After a month of research I determined that Switzerland was the best country in the world for people who like to make spreadsheets.
The move was challenging. Google transfered my job to Zürich. I got visas for the entire family. Sierra (our Vietnamese student) got accepted in a Swiss university. Albert (our cat) got rechipped for the European ISO standard. We sold our California home. I found a cosy new home next to Lake Zürich. The movers lost three boxes of our stuff somewhere in the Atlantic, and many more boxes were water damaged. Beverly is currently finishing grade 3 in California, then will move in the summer.
In the end it has been worth it. Instead of participating in active shooter drills at school, Beverly can be a kid. Instead of worrying about the president's latest tweet, we can instead concentrate on which of the 475 varieties of Swiss cheese we prefer. Grüezi!
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