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Tim Allard

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http://www.timallard.net

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Genre

Nonfiction, Fiction, Contemporary

Member Since

November 2021

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I'm as surprised as you are that I have an Author Bio. I've spent the last twenty years pursuing a career in engineering, working in aviation, defense, and space. I've also held roles in management, research and development, team leadership, and quality. My hobbies include all kinds of racing, enjoying music, and more recently being a Dad. Nothing about my upbringing or education would suggest that I would become a published author but...here I am!

I've found that in life you gain the most valuable perspectives by doing the unexpected. If you follow the script all the time, you don't learn anything novel - you simply learn what has already been learned by those before you. For a long time, I thought that I was just drifting in the wind, look I'm as surprised as you are that I have an Author Bio. I've spent the last twenty years pursuing a career in engineering, working in aviation, defense, and space. I've also held roles in management, research and development, team leadership, and quality. My hobbies include all kinds of racing, enjoying music, and more recently being a Dad. Nothing about my upbringing or education would suggest that I would become a published author but...here I am!

I've found that in life you gain the most valuable perspectives by doing the unexpected. If you follow the script all the time, you don't learn anything novel - you simply learn what has already been learned by those before you. For a long time, I thought that I was just drifting in the wind, looking for something to be passionate about, hoping it would find me. But throughout that time, I was trying new things, looking for new ways to approach problems, and building a wealth of experience that I didn't even know I had until I started writing about it. Once I did, I couldn't stop.

I managed to trim down my thoughts for my first self-published book, Live and Let Work, in the summer of 2022. I've had a blast with the experience, and plan to write more in the future. I still work full-time as an engineering manager, which I think is a rare perspective for an author. Most self-help and nonfiction books about corporate culture come from retired and ex-company people, looking back and drawing conclusions from past experience. With me, you get the perspective of someone who is in the thick of it, someone who hasn’t figured it all out yet – but still has time, and still believes it’s possible!

Aside from writing about work, I’ve also spent many years writing music. While I’ve discovered that I’m not a skilled musician, I do enjoy writing lyrics. I might explore that path in the future. The world always needs more poems. How is that for a unique perspective? An engineer-poet. Describing the world in the beautiful language of calculus.

Whatever I do, I look forward to publishing more of my work in the years ahead! ...more