About

Hi, I’m Alik Levin.

I am passionate about how stuff works and how it breaks. I am security engineer with Caradigm, a healthcare software company. I worked for Microsoft for 8 years as a Principal Consultant in the field and then as a Senior Programming Writer, focusing on security, performance and cloud computing related technologies.  View my LinkedIn profile to learn more about me.

Work is one side of me, life is another – I try to separate them and invest accordingly. Despite the separation there are common themes that apply to both, one of my favorite collection of themes that resonate with me a lot comes from OSC Manifesto:

• Tools are not talent
• Money != success
• Integrity cannot be bought
• Consume the minimum, produce the maximum
• Talk is a poor substitute for action
• Create yourself before someone else does
• Don’t do what people tell you to do
• Trust your heart
• Confront and document
• Believe nothing
• Finish things and give them to people

If these resonate with you too then I am sure you will find helpful insights on the website. Or you can  just shop at Amazon.com ;).