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TERMINAL WISDOM FROM THE CLI : CAREER-LEARNED INSIGHTS

Decades of engineering perspective shaped for today's cloud landscape. Discover how timeless logic and proven design principles turn modern complexity into clarity. Thirty years of architectural insight distilled into practices that solve the challenges technology keeps reinventing.

$ join the cli about me
jason@runlevel3 ~ zsh
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recognition & impact

Recognized. Proven. Trusted.

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Innovation Excellence
4 patents granted across enterprise data management, security architecture, and distributed systems โ€” spanning IBM's global R&D pipeline over a decade.
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2025 SA of the Year
Named AWS Startups SA of the Year โ€” recognized for 3 published AWS blogs, open-source contributions, and exceptional customer technical impact.
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Industry Recognition
IBM Global Chief Architect for Banking. International technical leader spanning 12+ countries and some of the world's largest technology deployments.
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Proven Impact
700+ startups advised at AWS. Fortune 50 client architect. IT infrastructure lead for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Three decades of delivery at scale.
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The Architect Behind the Terminal

Three decades of building, breaking, and evolving systems โ€” from bare-metal to cloud-native, from startups to Fortune 50.

Jason Salcido โ€” Studio Ghibli portrait
// nameJason Salcido
// roleSA of the Year 2025
// orgAmazon Web Services
// locationDavidson, NC
// typeINFJ
// focusCloud ยท AI ยท Leadership
$ more --about-my-journey โ†’
{
  "mission": "Translate 30 years of hard-won wisdom into actionable insights for the next generation of technical leaders",
  "expertise": [
    "Cloud Architecture (AWS)",
    "Generative AI & ML Systems",
    "Technical Leadership",
    "Startup Ecosystem"
  ],
  "patents": 4,
  "fortune50_experience": true,
  "startups_advised": 700,
  "aws_award": "2025 SA of the Year โ€” Startups",
  "personality": "Visionary. Thoughtful. Creative.",
  "newsletter": "runlevel3.substack.com"
}
AWSCloud NativeGen AI MLOpsArchitecture PatternsServerless Technical StrategyCareer CoachingSaaS
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What I Build With You

Whether you're scaling infrastructure, navigating a career pivot, or shipping AI products โ€” I've been in that terminal before.

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Cloud & AI Architecture
Deep-dive consulting on cloud infrastructure, AI/ML integration, and modern platform architecture at scale.
  • AWS Architecture Review
  • Generative AI Implementation
  • Amazon Bedrock & RAG Systems
  • Cost Optimization Strategy
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Career Acceleration
Mentorship and coaching for engineers ready to level up โ€” from IC to Staff, or Staff to Principal and beyond.
  • 1:1 Technical Mentorship
  • Resume & Portfolio Review
  • Interview Preparation
  • IC โ†’ Leadership Transition
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Tech Leadership
Strategic advisory for CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical founders navigating scale, culture, and complexity.
  • Engineering Org Design
  • Technology Strategy
  • Startup Technical Advising
  • Board-Level Communication
expertise

Stack Depth

skill-matrix.json
"aws_solutions_architect": "Expert"
"generative_ai": "Advanced"
"cloud_native_patterns": "Expert"
"enterprise_innovation": "Expert"
"technical_leadership": "Expert"
"startup_advising": "Expert"
"mlops": "Advanced"
"platform_engineering": "Expert"
Cloud Architecture98%
Generative AI / ML90%
Technical Leadership100%
Platform Engineering88%
Enterprise Innovation95%
Startup Advising92%
blog

Latest from the CLI

Technical depth meets career clarity. No clickbait. Just signal.

Career
$ init 3 โ€” Starting a New Runlevel for My Career
The name isn't random. In Unix, runlevel 3 boots to text-only CLI โ€” no GUI, no distractions, just the work. Here's why I'm launching this, and what I want to build with you.
runlevel3.substack.comโ†’ read more
Generative AI
A Simplified AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) for Building AI in the Real World
The enterprise AI lifecycle isn't academic โ€” it's messy, iterative, and full of gaps the tutorials skip. A practical framework from real-world Bedrock deployments.
runlevel3.substack.comโ†’ read more
Generative AI
Configuring Claude Cowork with Amazon Bedrock
A macOS walkthrough for configuring Claude Cowork on Amazon Bedrock (research preview) โ€” full desktop Claude, inference inside your own AWS account.
builder.aws.comโ†’ read more
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Let's Build Something

Whether it's a speaking opportunity, a workshop, or just a good architecture debate โ€” the terminal is open.

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Jason Salcido โ€” Davidson, NC
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โ— Available for speaking & workshops
โ— Accepting mentorship clients
โ— Technical requests welcome
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Typical reply within 24โ€“48 hours
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