# Seth Kuhn

Pest Control Technician & Frontend Developer, Clark Pest Control / Independent

Canonical: https://mornings.network/shows/center-stage/guests/seth-kuhn

## Biography

Seth Kuhn is the kind of person who shows up — every single day — even when no one is watching. Nestled in the mountains of Northern Central California, east of the Bay Area where the woods get deep and snow comes in winter, Seth lives a life defined by grit, range, and an unshakeable commitment to chasing something more. He is, at once, a certified pest control technician with one of California's most respected service companies, a former roast master who oversaw the production of more than 100,000 pounds of artisan coffee, a father of two young children, and a self-taught frontend developer who squeezes his coding sessions into the hours between 10 p.m. and midnight — after the kids are asleep and the day's obligations are fulfilled.

There is a particular kind of ambition that operates without an audience, and Seth Kuhn embodies it. He spent three years as Production Manager and Roastmaster at Clayton Coffee & Tea in Modesto, California, where he developed an expertise in the craft of roasting — the precision of profiling, the inventory management, the coordination of production and shipping — that mirrors the systematic thinking he now applies to code. That career chapter ended. He transitioned into pest control, where he has worked for Clark Pest Control since 2012, maintaining a 98% customer retention rate and consistently placing in the top 25% of producers. The work is demanding, client-focused, and deeply human — it requires reading situations, communicating clearly, and solving problems under pressure. Seth is exceptionally good at it.

But Seth's story, the reason he earned his spot on the Center Stage of Mornings in the Lab, is really about the dream he has carried quietly alongside his day job. From his home in the Sonora hills, on a clear day, he can see the San Francisco skyline in the distance — a city that has long represented, to him, the kind of tech-driven life he has aspired to build. That image became a symbol. In 2022, he enrolled in Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path, committing himself to learning JavaScript, React, and the full vocabulary of modern web development. He became a Torc Ambassador. He began posting on LinkedIn — consistently, transparently, with the kind of earnest daily presence that eventually caught the attention of the Mornings in the Lab team.

What Seth represents on Center Stage is something the show has always believed in: that transformation doesn't require a dramatic leap. It can look like a 10 p.m. laptop session while toddlers sleep in the next room. It can look like a LinkedIn post on a Tuesday morning before a full day in the field. It can look like someone in the mountains, looking toward a city on the horizon, deciding that the distance between where they are and where they want to be is a problem worth solving — one line of code at a time.

Seth appeared on Center Stage with Sophia Grant on Mornings in the Lab, sharing his journey from roast master to pest control professional to aspiring developer — and why the dream of working from San Francisco has never felt more within reach.

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## Transcript

dude how are you proud they're not back I'm to hell with them man we're going to get this show going here I'm going to I'm giving you the big Applause cuz I'm bringing my friend Seth in They Se to a store on brother John and Marty they're just doing their things how are you pal good to have you here man oh I'm doing good I'm so excited to be here with you guys yes so Seth is joining us from some West you tell you set us up where you're geographically located and I'm going to bring the rest in so Seth where you joining us from pal I'm Northern Central California but I'm up in the mountains you think where the Bay Area is I'm due east in the cuts so it's rural it's up in the woods we get snow and yeah that's where I'm at so my brother-in-law lives up there up by eity yeah yeah yeah yeah it's beautiful beautiful up there yeah so Seth is a frend web developer with a Twist he's still working as a pest control technician and I think guys I'm actually wrestling with my head here whether we want to talk pest control and all the that he sees on a day-to-day basis or all the fun that he does when he gets away from controlling pests and gets behind the keyboard from java to JavaScript Seth has roasted over 100,000 lb Johnny of coffee as a roast Master before turning his Focus to code he's a family man first CER by night between balancing two toddlers and his Tech Ambitions Seth finds his coding time between 10 p.m. and midnight after the kids go to bed I love that you're like okay I got a window here here I'm going to do it his big dream and this is what Seth got on the show you guys this is how he got on the show I watched a post on Seth put on LinkedIn one day his big dream he can see San Francisco from his home a place he has dreamed of working from for years so Marty John think about this right you're out there doing your day job you're out there grinding out John we talk about grinding showing up this guy shows up every single day cuz I watch it he shows up every single day