As a lifelong software developer and a professional systems engineer for over 15 years, I have been exposed to it all; the good, the bad and the ugly. As I grew older and became a father I searched for books to help explain system engineering to a younger audience. I was not satisfied with what was available so I became an author in an attempt to give back. My works are dedicated to all the unknown, unrecognized and disenfranchised scientists and engineers of the past, present and future.