Shawn Holmes (He/Him)

CTO at Wrapmate

25 yr vet of the Internet. Only thing I love more than building great tech is building great teams that love building tech.

Location

Greenwood Village, United States

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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.