It was a bit of a speed run, but…
I learned more about Pydantic!
- You've got a great team! You've got a super great intern that's smarter than Marcelo (oops, secret is out! 😁). And I'd be really curious to see if I would have stuff to learn to David.
- Your first service as a company will be a one line install observability tool. And you'll open a first phase of the private Beta next week. Exciting! 🔥 Good luck!
- By hiring a frontend developer, you're looking for someone that'll be focused on this frontend sure, but they won't be contributing alone to the frontend codebase. That would be inefficient (and boring).
And we've discussed a bit about
My previous experiences & what good work sounds like to me
- I shine on loosely spec'd features because I enjoy iterating, testing & looking for what feels right as an interface. One recent example of this was implementing an AI Chat from scratch although the Product Manager & Designer weren't available and only provided early wireframes.
- A perfect day at work gathers 3 activities I enjoy very much: sharing stuff with people, learning from them and a nice focus time to code and get things done (I still need my coding shot everyday). Something I didn't mention during the call is that it's even better if I'm working on something useful to people.
- I've also talked about how I choose the technologies I work on: I'm not really focused on a specific tech and try to use the right tool for the job.
- For instance, although I worked with React early and for a long time, I'm coding in Vanilla JS for the company I'm currently working for. It was still possible to do great work by modernizing their stack, setting a component architecture and using modern libraries like XState, Storybook & Stimulus.
- Moreover I keep experimenting with the ever changing frontend landscape, mainly because I love it, but also to be able to chose the right solution whenever a new need arises. (ex: Remix for large websites, Next for Apps, Svelte(Kit) for smaller scopes). For the same kind of reason I learned WebGL because it was fun and I thought it could be handy at some point.
And finally
When would I be available?
My current contract includes a 3 month notice period. However, I'm working 4 days a week. So if there's any urgent needs, I may still be able to help 1 day a week in the meantime.