The Turing School strives to create an inclusive, helpful and creative community.
Being immersed in this has instilled in me an instinct to strive for not only person growth, but those around me. Throughout multiple team projects, I have been able to provide growth to the team through knowledge sharing, pair programming, patience and openness. I have seen the first-hand results of success through this approach and am excited to bring this mindset to a professional career.
Although, I recognize the importance of a team in solving problems, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to be self-driven and curious. This can be exemplified by my ability to learn quickly. Within a demanding curriculum, I was able to create projects using techniques/tools/stacks that were not covered. These include a Java desktop game and an Elm microservice. At every opportunity I’ve been driven to learn more, ideate and execute with zero bias.
While learning, I had never stopped sharing. For example, I had held a session on learning Elm, and organized a hackathon team surrounded by it. I haven’t let my knowledge just be my knowledge. I am constantly excited to share, receive feedback and iterate.
Outside of programming, I am consistently infatuated by design and the design process. Overall, my pursuit of self-iteration is inspired by it! I love exploring new concepts -- currently I am very into typography and its complexity.
Overall, I reach out to Etsy today, as I feel that you share a lot of these views. Etsy’s inherent creativeness and it ability to foster it as a business model is extremely impressive. A company that is focused on personal growth is one that I’d feel I belong at.
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To Whom It May Concern:
In my experience programming and as a brand marketer, I have developed a strong ability to work in communities centered around drive, inclusiveness and diversity. Throughout multiple team projects at the Turing School of Software and Design and my current project for Mode Set, I have been able to provide growth to teams through knowledge sharing, pair programming, patience and openness. I have seen the first-hand results of success through this approach and I am excited to bring this mindset to a professional career at Etsy.
Like the blog's namesake, I believe code is craft. A craft that is fun, endlessly interesting and always thought provoking. I would bring forth to Etsy an eagerness to contribute and a creative, curious mindset. I have demonstrated this through consistent side-projects. A personal site written in Elm, just because I thought it would be fun, an algorithms repository to practice and understand what goes on behind the scenes. Challenge is fun, and bringing to life ideas is exhilarating!
Right now, I am looking to engage in a position that will allow me to learn, share and produce code that is not only functional, but well designed and driven by data. Although I recognize the importance of a team in solving problems, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to be self-driven and curious. Within a demanding curriculum, I was able to create projects using techniques/tools/stacks that were not covered. These include a Java desktop game and an Elm microservice. At every opportunity I’ve been driven to learn more, ideate and execute. I find a position that will reward ideation one that I will excel at!
Apart from programming, I am consistently infatuated by design and the design process. Overall, my pursuit of self-iteration is inspired by it! I love exploring new concepts -- currently I am very into typography and its complexity. Much like the customers that make Etsy a success, I love exploration outside of just "what I do" from 9-5.
Overall, I hope that you feel that I can be an interesting and unique candidate. I am excited to share more with you!
Best,
Jon