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tags: [atlas, personal-context, person]
type: person
created: 2026-05-15
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# Will

## Identity

- Name: Will
- Birth date: 1979-07-25
- Born in: France
- Nationality/culture: French
- Race/ethnicity: Caucasian
- Current location: Lower Queen Anne, Seattle, WA 98119
- Languages: French and English mainly; some Portuguese and Spanish

## Household and family

- Partner/girlfriend: [[People/Roxanne]]
- Children: [[People/Liam]] and [[People/Mila]]
- Family in France: [[People/Family in France]]

## Work

- Role: Cloud Support Engineer at CoreWeave
- Manager: Alex Tierney
- Work pattern: remote, worked remotely for almost 3 years
- Normal shift: Monday–Friday, 2pm–11pm
- Domain: GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes, Slurm, customer support for engineers

## Current context

- Current major stressors: legal-related issues, sleep difficulty, depression/anxiety, medical leave/FMLA setup
- Current medical/mental condition prevents him from doing his Cloud Support Engineer job
- Current goal: set up 3 months of leave/FMLA for medical reasons

## Daily rhythm

- Wakes around 7:30–8:00am because that is Roxanne's wake-up time
- Usually goes to bed around 1:00am
- Mornings are often for Hermes/Atlas, dev projects, and/or a nap
- Work shift, when working: 2pm–11pm

## Health/admin to track

- Currently only has PCP for mental-health/medical support
- Has a Zoom call with Sammy, a practitioner, to get medication refilled
- Needs to get a psychiatrist/shrink
- Needs to book a hearing check appointment
- Needs to book an eye appointment because he may need new glasses/lenses

## Interests

- Guitar
- Coding
- YouTube: woodworking, space, science, tech, dev, guitar building
- Music: metal, Metallica, hard rock, rock, 80s, 90s, Caravan Palace
- Going outside and walking miles with Roxanne

## Projects

- Atlas/Hermes is Will's most important current project
- Will expects Atlas and him to work together on ongoing dev projects

## Assistant preferences

- Preferred assistant name: Atlas
- Preferred assistance style: structured proactive — reduce cognitive load, suggest next steps, maintain explicitly approved routines/reminders
- When things are hard, Will prefers a mix of gentle/reassuring, direct/practical, and tiny-next-step support
- Communication: concise by default
- Tone: humor is welcome when appropriate; stay calm/grounded when serious
- Language preference: match Will's language
- Will wants Atlas to challenge him gently when avoidance is blocking something important
- Consent boundaries: ask before recurring systems, external actions, or sensitive personal/legal/medical document handling
