{"id":151,"date":"2014-10-20T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2019-07-08T04:32:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T04:32:47","slug":"britsimon-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/britsimon-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"About Britsimon &#8211; a quick Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some may want to know a little more about me &#8211; so here goes&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I am a 50+ year old IT Software Engineer. Originally from the United Kingdom I now live in Livermore, California &#8211; a small city of 82,000 people just outside San Francisco. \u00a0The area is on the border of the &#8220;Silicon Valley&#8221; which is where many technology companies are based.<\/p>\n<p>I am married and live with my wife and youngest daughter. I have 3 other grown up children from a previous marriage and 5 grandkids so far!!! I moved to California early in 2014 on an H1-B visa and adjusted my status to a Green Card holder in September 2014 via the DV lottery. My wife (from Spain) was the winner &#8211; we won on our second year of entering.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video that explains a little more about how I work on the blog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_83884\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmIRJQ9ddHg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some may want to know a little more about me &#8211; so here goes&#8230;. 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