StorytellingII

StorytellingII.md

Steven's Professional Story

Having a background in music as a bandleader, I learned how to work well in a team, especially because musicians can be particularly challenging in their temperments. Because of these experiences, I am really interested in what makes a team work well. Part of this is knowing when to take initiative and lead, but also knowing when to be a good team member is equally crucial. Whether scheduling tours or encountering a problem while recording, I learned how to solve challenges as a team. I used to think that programmers were loners coding alone in basements, but the more I learn about the craft of coding, the more I see that it is a group of people working together to solve a common problem. I fell in love with solving problems as a team, and I got into software development to solve problems of a technical sort in a similar fashion. Learning to code didn't come as naturally as music did, but because of that, I learned how to really be tenacious in overcoming obstacles. For me, that meant learning through hours and hours of hard work how important details are, and how to break down an enormous project into small, actionable items.