About Double Blind
Double Blind is hosted by Sacha Peter.
I graduated with a B.Sc from UBC, majoring in physics. I worked for five years as a systems engineer for a large company specializing in air traffic control and air defence systems. They eventually moved operations to the USA, so I started to diversify my marketable skills into several niches. One educational diversification is that I am a Certified Management Accountant, with my interests more in the financial side than the accounting side.
I own a small business, Divestor, which is my vehicle for consulting in the financial, accounting, and political domains. This ranges from interpreting the Income Tax Act to campaign management and analysis.
I actively maintain a financial portfolio. Probably the best highlight is that I have remained quite solvent during two of the worst market crashes in history (2000-2002 and 2008) by simply getting out of the way in time. I try to keep my investments as boring as possible, but still deliver market-beating returns.
At heart, I enjoy analyzing systems and like to speculate on outcomes of what happens when you change things. Since the world is a very complex place, trying to predict the outcomes of what would initially seem to be benign changes is not as easy as one may think.
Also, I am an elected park commissioner in Cultus Lake Park, elected by the people of Chilliwack and am honoured to be trusted by so many for the position. This job provides a lot of challenge, and it is one that I am very happy to shoulder for the Park’s stakeholders.
Suffice to say, I have diverse interests and plan to keep it that way.
Useless trivia about Sacha:I’ve shaved my head bald twice in my life, both times for Cops for Cancer. If you’re curious to see a picture, one is here. More frequently you will see me in a desperate need for a haircut.
Myers-Briggs: You can best classify me as an INTJ.
The best hour of television ever made (in my opinion) was the X-Files episode of Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.
I have an aggressive sweet tooth and am eternally grateful I don’t suffer from diabetes. I can make dark chocolate fondue from scratch and don’t make it too often since I’d use it as a sauce for everything in the most inappropriate of circumstances.
I love looking at all sorts of maps and enjoy exploring arbitrary locations.
As for diverse interests, in no particular order, a few of them are:
