Jimar Garcia

07/31/2025

Happy birthday to — she is the best partner I could ever ask for. She embodies the commandment of “love one another.” The world is better for having Becky be a part of it. I am so thankful (and so fortunate) that I get to spend my life with her. ❤️❤️❤️

01/02/2022

Last month, I gave my first ever commencement speech for two Masters programs for UC Irvine’s Computer Science schools.

I posted the speech text in today’s blog post. You can follow the link in my profile. Enjoy!

01/01/2022

My New Year’s Resolution: Rebooting my Blog!

I plan on writing on anything and everything that interests (and plagues) me: technology, business, health, food, history, politics (eek!), crypto (double eek!), and everything in between.

Cheers! Link in my bio.

08/17/2021

I’m so proud of our ICS Alumni Chapter for being winning the Engagement Award from the UCI Alumni Association, for the 2nd straight year!

We’ve worked hard to plan and deliver relevant educational events for our membership over the last couple of years. And this year, it looks like we’ll be able to have in-person events again! I’m so looking forward to connecting with people face-to-face again.

If you are an alum of ICS and want to reconnect with your nerdy brethren, please reach out! We’d love to see you!

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08/16/2021

My work from home set up. I’m not usually on camera, but I had a good call with other managed services providers, exchanging ideas on how we can better connect with our target customers.

05/13/2020

I recently gave a presentation to the alumni for the UC Irvine School of Information and Computer Science. The topic: Pricing Strategies for Consultants: Time is Not Money

For those of you starting out on your own -- by choice or by necessity -- I hope this is a valuable piece of content for you.

ICS Lunch and Learn Presents Jimar Garcia '03, President, HatchWork Solutions Inc. Title: "Pricing Strategies for Consultants: Time Is Not Money" We often he...

03/01/2020

Please remember to support your local small businesses!

Bagel Bistro is owned by the nicest family and their kids attend our local school. Not to mention the food is delicious and the service is wonderful!

02/14/2020

Flashback to our Family Dance and fundraiser from last week. This was our 2nd year in a row and it was a great success. I love how our community comes together in support of our kids. Our PTSA does a great job supporting our teachers and programs that benefit all of our scholars.

I am very happy that was able to sponsor this event.

01/31/2020

I put in some pretty good miles this month. I’ve run 25 of 31 days, and have put in about 84 miles in total. Not to mention a Spartan Sprint sprinkled in there. 😂

One of the biggest changes has been in my routine. I know that if I don’t go out and run first thing in the morning, it’s just **not going to happen**. So, I’ve tried to make it into a game: I “earn” my coffee.

Admittedly, I had a drop off last year, and my running in February 2019 wasn’t as consistent as in January. I’m hoping for better results this year.

In the end, I feel like I’m building a sustainable habit, and that should help me for the long run.

12/12/2019

29 degrees here in South Carolina and my windshield is frosted over. Glad to be going back to Cali after good customer meetings.

07/27/2019

So what do you do when you finish with your sprint?

02/17/2019

For the aspiring (and experienced) Consultants: Time is **not** Money 💵

It’s easy to fall into the per diem/hourly consulting model, but you leave a lot of value on the table, especially if you do good work, quickly.

You’ve got to understand the value of the project and price accordingly. If you do this, you create an incentive for you to get the job done efficiently and you give your customer the peace of mind of a fixed bid.

If you’re learning on the job, this also gives your customer a reasonable cost while you figure things out. Otherwise, you’ll price yourself out of projects because you might take longer than a more experienced person.