The book you hold in your hands began not as a book but as a series of moments—small decisions, unexpected turns, challenges faced and overcome. For much of my life, I did not think of my journey as remarkable. I was simply doing what needed to be done: learning my craft, supporting my family, solving the problems that landed on my workbench.
It was only later, after thirty years in the engineering trenches, after I had written six technical books and begun to reflect on the path that brought me there, that I realized my story might have value beyond the circuits and schematics.
This is a book about electronics. But it is also a book about life. The two, I have come to understand, are not so different.
A circuit is a system of connections. Components linked by traces, signals flowing along paths designed for purpose. When the system works, we barely notice it. When it fails, we must face and resolve the issue—tracing the broken connection, identifying the failed component, understanding why the expected behavior has stopped.
Life is the same.
We are all systems of connections: to family, to work, to dreams and duties and the people who depend on us. When life proceeds smoothly, we take it for granted. When crisis strikes—as it did for me, weeks after my polytechnic graduation, when my father's failing health rewrote my future—we must take charge and make sense of our own existence.
Why am I here? What matters most? Which way do I go when the path I planned is suddenly closed?
I am an engineer. I think in systems, in connections, in causes and effects. But I am also a son, a brother, a husband, a writer, and a witness to my own time. This memoir is my attempt to trace the full schematic of my life—to show you the components, the connections, the unexpected paths that current can take when it encounters resistance.
My life has had its share of setbacks and unforeseen circumstances. Yours likely has as well. That is the human condition—to face challenges we did not ask for, to walk roads we did not choose.
But here is what I have learned:
The road still leads somewhere. The circuit still completes. And the person you become along the way—the skills you develop, the wisdom you gather, the strength you never knew you had—that person is no accident. That person is you, forged by experience, connected to all that came before and all that will follow.Keep your spirits high, reader. The path ahead may not be the one you planned. But it is yours, and it is leading you exactly where you need to go. Remember: you are never alone. Many have walked the journey before you, and many more will follow after you. "How can you be so sure?" you ask.
Well… I offer my story as proof.
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