Matt Pinner - Software Engineer at Amazon

Talking Points:

• Community Building
• Hireable Traits
• Value of Production Environment Experience
• Non-traditional Work Experiences
• Getting Paid to Learn
• Utilizing Experience to Grow Your Career

Quotable Quotes:

• “QA has been a great way to get started [in tech.]” - MP
• “Now is the best time to be a part of large group projects.” - MP
• “There’s a creative revival coming out of post-COVID life.” - MP
• “I saw [freelancing] as an opportunity to inject new ideas and tools into the space.” - MP
• “I was able to get paid to learn.” - MP
• “You have a lot of power, probably a lot more than you know.” - MP
• “When you think you have 10% left, you have 90% left” - MP
• “As you get experience you’re delivering smaller and smaller commits.” - MP
• “To show what you’re thinking, show something that’s broken.” - MP

Notes:

CRASH space
crashspace.org
Matt's Website
touchtech.io

Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io