Wrapmate
- Shawn Holmes
25 yr vet of the Internet. Only thing I love more than building great tech is building great teams that love building tech.
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Work style
How I prefer to work
Remote & Office
Morning
Mostly in a team
Qualities I value in my colleagues
- Curiosity
- patience
- ownership
- empathy
- honesty
You've got to care about what you do, but it doesn't happen in isolation -- it happens as a part of a team. So, you've got to care about their success as much as your own.
My communication style
- Overcommunicative
- thoughtful
- direct
- clear
- transparent
Whenever I communicate to colleagues, my goal isn't to make the complicated easy...it is to make the complicated _understandable_.
My pet peeves
- Close-mindedness
- unreliability
- arrogance
- selfishness
- inconsiderateness
Hubris is the worst. As someone who has spent an entire career of non-stop learning (a pre-req for technology), anyone that presents as "knowing everything" and has "nothing to learn" is a serious red flag. It's ok to have expertise...just make certain Dunning-Kruger isn't at the door.
Fun fact
Met my wife online in '95, well before the existing of dating apps/websites. Who remembers Usenet?
Personal Q&A
How would you describe your strengths?
I never give up. Ask me about the time it took me 30 years to track down an unidentified song! If you want something done, I will find a way.