What started my interest in software engineering was (1) the direct experience of shaping and reshaping products, (2) the feeling of using deep knowledge to build software, and (3) the freedom to build anywhere.

The process of building software products makes me feel like an artist or a woodworker, but I get to build 10x faster, and I don't need raw materials—just my MacBook and some time.

It makes me feel like a modern arcanist, bending the spirits of computation to my will through keyboard incantations.

And I could do it anywhere; I could have the satisfaction of creating a personal workshop, full of my favorite tools, suited to my methods, and I could take it with me to my favorite coffee shop.

I helped my last company build HVAKR, an HVAC design SaaS, over three years.

We met regularly to plan, review, and hash out implementation details. Macro scale on Mondays and minute standups the rest of the week.

Self code review was expected, peer review was seldom used, though certainly practiced while solving for bugs.

In a handful of situations, I communicated with customers directly, usually for bug fixes or api usage instructions.

React is in my body after three years of building with it, but ruby is in my heart after I learned programmer happiness its key tenet. I've also been using Rails to build an instagram for gaussian splats (aptly named instasplat).

I want to join your team for a few reasons.

First, I regularly use Services when helping out the media team at Park Hill (my church community), and have used Giving to manage tithing. Regularly using what we build is always the path to the good life.

Second, I'm embedded in San Diego, and I want to help build up the developer community by hosting meetups (like DEVx).

Planning Center also values this culture of learning. I visited Planning Center for a Fullstack Talks meetup in 2019 and found it overflowing with desirable kombucha-on-tap energy.

Third, the stack sounds like a good time. Although I'm a Svelte enthusiast, I have grown an affinity for React after working with it for the last three years.