---
# The portrait is an AI illustration.
# Each cue in the text brings its layer into the portrait, on hover or click. The last paragraph's
# cues each show an example of a nerd thing: reading, video games, piano and guitar, AI and travel.
portrait:
  image: /about/portrait.webp
  alt: Illustrated portrait of Scott
  layers:
    - cue: london
      image: /about/london.webp
      alt: Scott with a mug of tea, the London Eye and the Thames out of the window
    - cue: married
      image: /about/married.webp
      alt: Scott's wife, waving
    - cue: dog
      image: /about/dog.webp
      alt: Scott holding our dog, a small white miniature poodle and shih tzu mix
    - cue: work
      image: /about/work-em.webp
      alt: Scott with his laptop open, covered in stickers
    - cue: degree
      image: /about/grad-uk.webp
      alt: Scott in a Kentucky-blue cap and sweater, horses in the field behind him
    - cue: reading
      image: /about/reading.webp
      alt: Scott peering over a science fiction book
    - cue: games
      image: /about/gaming.webp
      alt: Scott with a small dragon on his shoulder and armour on the other, on an old CRT with hearts and a score
    - cue: instruments
      image: /about/instruments.webp
      alt: Scott playing an electric guitar
    - cue: ai
      image: /about/robot.webp
      alt: Scott as an android in a data centre, saying "you're absolutely right!"
    - cue: travel
      image: /about/travel.webp
      alt: Scott in a plane seat with headphones on, clouds out of the window
---

I'm Scott Roe-Meschke, an :cue[American currently living in London]{layer=london}. I'm :cue[married]{layer=married}. We have no kids and we have a wonderful :cue[dog]{layer=dog}.

I'm a :cue[senior engineering manager]{layer=work} working in tech. I've worked at a variety of companies, from 5-person startups to big tech in software engineer, and software engineering manager roles, both customer-facing and internal platform engineering.

Opinions are my own and do not in any way represent current or past employers.

I have a degree in music education from the :cue[University of Kentucky]{layer=degree} where I studied Jazz Piano.

I'm a pretty :cue[geeky]{layer=reading} and :cue[nerdy]{layer=games} person: if it's a :cue[nerd]{layer=instruments} thing, :cue[odds]{layer=ai} are pretty high that I'm at least a *little* :cue[into it]{layer=travel}.