Rod Anadon
The programming teacher who created a monster.
Somewhere in an Indiana high school, Rod Anadon taught a programming class. One of his students was a kid named Glen Bradford — directionally challenged, full of energy, and about to discover the one thing that would stick with him for the rest of his life.
Rod didn't just teach Glen syntax. He showed him that you could tell a computer what to do and it would actually listen. For a kid who had a lot of ideas and not enough outlets, that was everything.
Glen says
“I remember every teacher I've ever had. Rod is one of the ones I still talk to. He taught me to program in high school and I never stopped. Everything technical I've ever built traces back to his classroom.”
“He probably didn't know he was creating a monster. A 790-page website. A 3D kitesurfing game. Enterprise software. Financial models. All of it. Every line of code I've ever written is downstream of Rod Anadon's class. I don't think he gets enough credit for that. So here it is.”
What Rod's Class Became
Connect the dots. Every one of these traces back to a high school programming class in Indiana.
Excel Financial Models
Glen's first real application of programming logic — building financial models for a hedge fund. Loops, conditionals, and data manipulation, just dressed up in a spreadsheet.
A 790-Page Website
This one. Built in Next.js and TypeScript. Nearly 800 pages of content, calculators, interactive tools, and whatever else Glen decides to add at 2 AM.
A 3D Kitesurfing Game
A physics-driven kitesurfing simulator built in raw Three.js. Two-string kite model, ocean rendering, wind simulation. Rod probably did not see this coming.
Enterprise Salesforce Components
Lightning Web Components at scale — the kind of enterprise software that keeps large organizations running. Systems thinking meets programming, exactly where Rod's class pointed.
Delivery Hub
A Salesforce-native project management platform Glen built from the ground up. The culmination of every technical skill that traces back to a high school classroom.
Still in touch.
Most people lose track of their high school teachers. Glen didn't. He remembers every teacher he's ever had, and the ones who shaped him the most are the ones he keeps close. Rod is one of those people.
There's something Glen believes deeply: the best teachers don't just transfer knowledge — they change trajectories. Rod changed Glen's. Not by telling him what to become, but by handing him a tool powerful enough to become anything. Glen just never put it down.
Continue the Story
The Full Story
The complete arc — from Indiana to hedge fund to AI.
Read moreProloguePrologue — Indiana
The family, the teachers, and Purdue. Before any of this.
Read morePeopleThe People
Everyone who shaped the story. Teachers, mentors, collaborators.
Read moreGameKiteSurf 3D
The 3D kitesurfing game Rod's class eventually led to.
Read moreCareerSalesforce Work
Enterprise components and Delivery Hub — Rod's class at scale.
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