{"id":1338,"date":"2014-12-31T08:59:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2020-11-19T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:37:15","slug":"2014-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nehrlich.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/31\/2014-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 2013 was the Year of Yes<\/a> for me, I would characterize 2014 as the Year of More. I didn’t start any new activities in 2014, and instead did a lot more of what I was already doing. <\/p>\n

Job<\/b>: I am still in the same job as last year (Chief of Staff to Product VP of AdWords at Google), and have an ever-growing set of responsibilities, including presenting a comprehensive set of business metrics to the SVP twice a quarter, being the point of contact for regular updates on the search ads business to the rest of Google (including Board of Director updates, investor relations updates, etc), thinking about the 3-5 year strategy for search ads, and doing revenue analyses and business modeling as needed. <\/p>\n

Generalisting<\/b>: As mentioned in my recent Generalist is In post<\/a>, I’ve been expanding my work with the MIT Venture Mentoring Service<\/a>, and trying to be a useful sounding board for friends and colleagues with their business and strategy challenges. I also restarted SF Salons as suggested in last year’s post, and had several enjoyable evenings out discussing ideas with friends. I also joined a design\/business book club, which has met twice so far.<\/p>\n

Singing<\/b>: I continue to sing with the Collage Vocal Ensemble<\/a>, with the highlight of the year being my solo in this PDQ Bach piece<\/a>, which begins at 2:22. <\/p>\n

\"Skiing<\/a>Skiing<\/b>: I went all-in with skiing this year – since there was minimal snow in Tahoe this past winter, my ski house crew did two international skiing trips, one to Niseko in Japan<\/a>, including my first helicopter ski day, 3 days of touristing in Tokyo and a day in Kyoto, and one to Baldface, a cat skiing lodge in British Columbia<\/a> (pictured right). This sparked my interest in backcountry skiing, so I bought all the gear this summer, and took an intro to backcountry skiing<\/a> and an AIARE Level 1 Avalanche course<\/a> with Richard Bothwell<\/a> of the Outdoor Adventure Club<\/a> in Lassen National Park the past two weekends, which was awesome. I’m excited to start doing my own backcountry trips this winter!<\/p>\n

\"Moab<\/a>Biking<\/b>: I also went all-in with biking this year – I went on 53 bike rides for 2000 miles and 165,000 vertical feet in 2014 (Strava<\/a> captures most of it) (up from 22 rides for 622 miles and 26k vertical feet in 2013), and that doesn’t count the 172 times I bike commuted to work (another 850 miles or so). The highlight of the year was doing a mountain bike tour from Durango, CO to Moab, UT<\/a>, via a hut-to-hut system run by San Juan Huts<\/a>, about 222 miles and 22k vertical feet of climbing over 7 days of riding (not included in Strava). The scenery was amazing and it was really satisfying to travel on human power alone. \"Levi's<\/a>After I got back from that, I finished off the year by doing two centuries, the Marin Century and Levi’s Gran Fondo and am aiming for the Death Ride<\/a> next July. Other biking highlights from 2014 include bike camping on Angel Island<\/a>, and my first mountain biking experiences in Tahoe (Memorial Day<\/a> and the Flume Trail and Hole in the Ground trail in September<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Other stuff<\/b>:<\/p>\n