A friend of mine introduced me to a functional language called Elixir. He told me he thought I would really enjoy it based on the way I like to write C# (this was mostly because of how much I love LINQ). I looked into it and after doing a few simple programs I was hooked. The community was great, the docs were fantastic and my excitement for programming ignited once again.
I knew it would be tough to find someone to hire me when I no production experience with Elixir but I just happened to stumble across a tweet from the co-founder of Remote. He was letting people know that they wanted to hire experienced engineers with no Elixir experience, and that they would put them through an Elixir bootcamp. I couldn't believe this was real! I am proud to say that I was the first engineer to complete the bootcamp.
Since joining Remote, I have not only learned Elixir, but now actively mentor other engineers, grade code challenges and conduct interviews. I've been part of three teams that have had a broad impact across other product and engineering teams. I also have the opportunity work with folks from Australia, Bosnia, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan to just name a few. A while back I was featured in a blog series on Remote's website, you can check that out here.
A friend of mine introduced me to a functional language called Elixir. He told me he thought I would really enjoy it based on the way I like to write C# (this was mostly because of how much I love LINQ). I looked into it and after doing a few simple programs I was hooked. The community was great, the docs were fantastic and my excitement for programming ignited once again.
I knew it would be tough to find someone to hire me when I no production experience with Elixir but I just happened to stumble across a tweet from the co-founder of Remote. He was letting people know that they wanted to hire experienced engineers with no Elixir experience, and that they would put them through an Elixir bootcamp. I couldn't believe this was real! I am proud to say that I was the first engineer to complete the bootcamp.
Since joining Remote, I have not only learned Elixir, but now actively mentor other engineers, grade code challenges and conduct interviews. I've been part of three teams that have had a broad impact across other product and engineering teams. I also have the opportunity work with folks from Australia, Bosnia, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan to just name a few. A while back I was featured in a blog series on Remote's website, you can check that out here.
TEAM: MARKET INSIGHTS (TEAM LEAD)
TEAM: MARKET INSIGHTS (TEAM LEAD)
Responsible for a distributed team of backend and frontend engineers from all around the world.
Our team took ownership of the Compensation Explorer tool that was limited in usefulness do to Safe Harbor Guidelines and a limited data set. Within the first month, we were able to increase the number of distinct roles (job title + country + seniority) by 148% by standardizing job titles across domains and countries.
Responsible for a distributed team of backend and frontend engineers from all around the world.
Our team took ownership of the Compensation Explorer tool that was limited in usefulness do to Safe Harbor Guidelines and a limited data set. Within the first month, we were able to increase the number of distinct roles (job title + country + seniority) by 148% by standardizing job titles across domains and countries.
TEAM: PRODUCT LED GROWTH
TEAM: PRODUCT LED GROWTH
Architected prompt system to be used across other product teams. This allowed teams to prompt users to perform certain tasks based on any criteria. Our team used this to make certain features obvious for new users.
Designed and implemented integrations for many customer management systems. Mixpanel, HubSpot, Zendesk and Salesforce to name a few.
Introduced Analytic tracking into our product for all product teams to use. Worked with other teams on what is important to track based on product-led growth needs.
Architected prompt system to be used across other product teams. This allowed teams to prompt users to perform certain tasks based on any criteria. Our team used this to make certain features obvious for new users.
Designed and implemented integrations for many customer management systems. Mixpanel, HubSpot, Zendesk and Salesforce to name a few.
Introduced Analytic tracking into our product for all product teams to use. Worked with other teams on what is important to track based on product-led growth needs.
TEAM: KNOWLEDGE DATABASE
TEAM: KNOWLEDGE DATABASE
Responsible for creating a single source of truth for data that would be shared to a wide variety of internal and external locations. This data included country specific details of employment requirements and other details.
Using the newly created Knowledge Database, we created a Cost Calculator that could build an estimate of how much it costs to employ folks in specific countries. This was originally created for internal sales but quickly was altered to also be used for employers within the product, and now a limited version of the tool is available for free on the public website.
Responsible for creating a single source of truth for data that would be shared to a wide variety of internal and external locations. This data included country specific details of employment requirements and other details.
Using the newly created Knowledge Database, we created a Cost Calculator that could build an estimate of how much it costs to employ folks in specific countries. This was originally created for internal sales but quickly was altered to also be used for employers within the product, and now a limited version of the tool is available for free on the public website.
Guest Lecturing at Virginia Tech
Guest Lecturing at Virginia Tech
