Like many of our Nerds, Joe originally set out to become a game developer. So he started writing software on the Mac platform as a teenager and went on to learn a variety of programming skills and cultural histories. Then he came to meet with us. After the interview, Joe hopped a plane home, where he sat in front of two game developers who spent the flight griping about how little fun the game industry was. (Thank you, whoever you were.) Gaming’s loss was our gain. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Joe landed in Atlanta as an official Nerd - and eleven hours later landed his first consulting project for the Big Nerd Ranch. Speedy? Yes. Perhaps it has something to do with his love of track and field, and all his years competing. Or maybe it’s just the spandex.