Jen Lepp’s Profile

“Congenital disease can warp the heart with great variety. Valves can be sealed tight, missing parts—or absent altogether. Major vessels can be misplaced, narrowed, or blocked completely. A chamber can be too small or missing, a wall too thick or thin. The heart’s electrical system—its nerves—may go haywire. The muscle can be weak. Holes may occur almost anywhere, in almost any size. Studying heart pathology, one is reminded that the genetic symphony that produces a normal baby is indeed a wondrous and delicate one.”
― G. Wayne Miller, King of Hearts: The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“My definition of a great manager is someone with whom you can make a connection no matter where you sit in the organization chart.”
― Michael Lopp, Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

“Living in this world will change you,” she confides. “It makes me value life. When a friend has a healthy baby, I don’t think it’s normal; I think it’s a fucking miracle.”
― Michael Ruhlman, Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives