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Warren J Thompson

Warren J Thompson

Kindness and Empathy in Tech and Education: Reintroducing the UPLIFT Foundation

Something I’ve noticed with the next generation of incoming leaders, is that they have deliberately different style of leadership —…

4 min readNov 28, 2023

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Kindness and Empathy in Tech and Education: Reintroducing the UPLIFT Foundation

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Warren J Thompson

The Pizza Day Army Values Card: A Slice of My Military Journey

This Veteran’s Day, I thought it would be funny to talk about a standout chapter from my time in military training, affectionately known as…

11 min readNov 10, 2023

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The Pizza Day Army Values Card: A Slice of My Military Journey

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Warren J Thompson

The Theological Wars of Front-End UI Frameworks

A Comprehensive Guide for Developers and Leaders

4 min readAug 22, 2023

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Religious leaders debating front-end frameworks

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Warren J Thompson

Embrace Your Worth: The Power of “I Define Me”

I got married last week, and now we’re vacationing in Europe for the summer. This morning I got to attend the San Fermin festival in…

9 min readJul 9, 2023

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Embrace Your Worth: The Power of “I Define Me”

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Warren J Thompson

Building a Software Ecosystem: Unpacking the ‘Crawl, Walk, Run’ Approach through the Faucet and…

Over the years, I’ve often found myself working as the metaphorical plumber of the software world — tasked with the challenge of…

5 min readJun 15, 2023

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A software ecosystem product manager fails at taking a crawl walk run approach — with a leaky pipe system as a result

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Warren J Thompson

The Hidden Strength of Autistic Leaders: Harnessing Negative Tendencies for Positive Outcomes

If you’re a regular reader of my posts, you’ll know that I’ve spent much of my career in leadership roles, coaching engineers, and…

3 min readMay 23, 2023

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The Hidden Strength of Autistic Leaders: Harnessing Negative Tendencies for Positive Outcomes

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Warren J Thompson

The Power of Tenacity in Leadership: Unveiling Its Different Faces

Inspiring Engineering Leaders to Embrace Diverse Forms of Tenacity

7 min readMay 16, 2023

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Dad and step-dad coparenting a child fishing

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Warren J Thompson

School Shootings

I recently had a chance to gather a reaction to the Uvalde School Shooting from one of my young leaders with the non-profit UPLIFT…

16 min readMay 5, 2023

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A young girl terrified by potential school violence

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Warren J Thompson

Gen X trying to mentor Gen Z

I don’t make it a big secret that I was born into poverty. My mom was homeless and addicted to cocaine and my dad barely graduated high…

4 min readMar 24, 2023

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Generation-Z employee isolated from Generation-X mentors

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Warren J Thompson

Military to Civilian — Personal Accountability

Hey there, executive engineering product leaders! Let’s talk about personal accountability. In my experience, it’s the glue that holds…

3 min readMar 15, 2023

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Military to Civilian — Personal Accountability

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Warren J Thompson

Warren J Thompson

Director for Wind River. Executive Director w/ UPLIFT Foundation. I have autism. I worked at NSA. I write poetry. I’m a veteran. I ❤ teaching, mentoring.

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