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Matthew Greer

Hey DEV. I'm Matthew, a Software Engineer with 2-3 years of professional experience post-bootcamp, mostly Ruby on Rails & JS.

Fun fact: I used to be a professional actor (lots of theater, Broadway, some TV, etc.). Here's a funny commercial I did with Ryan Reynolds.

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HUSSAINI

Hello my name is Hussain, a hardware Engineer, also I want know the basic of software Engineering

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Advanced Community

Welcome 👋

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de mathew

Thank you

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Darren

Oh cool! Will check it out

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Tiago Pereira

WOW nice commercial 😁

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Michelle Lo

Welcome!

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Baptista Eanes

Ola

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Gopar Shasubwat

great

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Thiago dos Santos • Edited

I am so curious about this 180 degree career change. R U enjoying??
BTW. Welcome!!!

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Tom Elliott

That's probably the best mobile game ad I've ever seen! Excited to hear more about your career switch, especially how things developed post bootcamp.

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fwaldecker

What a switch from your last career! What made you decide to change? I'm 35 and feeling nervous about starting over in a new career (but also excited).

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Mary Vivian

Can you teach me more about it

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ASOTON2705

This sounds very interesting Matthew. I like Ryan Reynolds. He's a big human person and a great actor at the same time. Personally my favorite actor it's Keanu Reeves.

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Tommie Nygren

I cannot overstate how hilarious that commercial was. That's so cool. Is he as charming and nice in real life as in... real life?

You played your part well. ;-)

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Matthew Greer

He was as nice as he seems, Tommie (@made_of_stars ), and more: collaborative, courteous, and eager to make that silly commercial the best it could be. He warmly introduced himself and immediately started talking with me about a change he wanted to make to the script. "I don't think I should say this line. It's putting a hat on a hat. What do you think?" I thought he was absolutely right; the line commented on the situation rather than letting it be as funny as it was. He then politely wrangled with the writers & director & everybody in charge and got them to cut it.

Oftentimes stars make themselves the only important person in the room, but he invited me to play and suggest ideas. After several takes, I told him -- though it wasn't scripted -- I thought it'd be funny if I knocked the burrito off the counter and he said, "I love it. Absolutely." When we first did it, the 2nd AD got mad at me for it, but Ryan defended the idea and insisted we keep doing it because it was funnier.

My best example is this: we were shooting in a trailer on a hot day, and air conditioning had to be off while we were shooting because of the sound. You might not notice, but I'm in a wool turtleneck and thick trousers and boots, and I was sweltering. Because I'm behind him, Ryan couldn't have seen how uncomfortable and sweaty I was, but when the 2nd AD (who was in shorts and a tank top) griped about how hot it was, Ryan immediately said, "You know who's probably really feeling the heat? Matthew in his turtleneck. Are you ok back there, Matthew? Would you like someone to bring you some water or a towel or something?"

So yeah, based on my experience, he's an extraordinarily kind, thoughtful person and a delightful actor to work with. And thanks very much for the complement!

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Michelle Lo

Hey DEV community!

I’m excited to be here and connect with like-minded developers! I’m Michelle, a Full Stack Developer who loves working with JavaScript, React, Next.js, and React Native. I’m always on the lookout for new projects to build and new skills to learn, and I’m eager to collaborate with all of you!

Currently working on my personal portfolio, it's a MacOS clone! It's still in progress, consistently working on it and updating it. Also, only works on desktop screens at the moment! Feel free to give me feedback as well!

Feel free to check out my work or connect with me:

LinkedIn
GitHub
Personal Portfolio

Looking forward to learning and sharing with this awesome community! 😊

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Darren

Looking forward to seeing what yer working on!

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Sargara Prem

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m Prem Sargara, a computer engineering student with a passion for ML, AI, web development, and DevOps. Excited to join this community and connect with like-minded individuals!

Looking forward to sharing insights, learning from all of you, and exploring new opportunities together. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat about tech or collaborate on projects!

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Grizzley Pimentel

You want to help me build the future

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Sargara Prem

yeah🤛

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Simon Riemertzon

Hello DEV!

Since I'm no good in presentations I will be shamelessly stealing @matthew_greers formula.

I'm Simon! Ive been coding for about 7 years, professionally for about 5. I started my journey with App Development schooling, learned some Java and now I'm back with iOS development for the automotive industry.

Fun fact: I once accidentally shaved off one of my eyebrows in an attempt to look neater in preparation for a date I was going to. I also updated my driving licence photo at that time, which was a nice way of reminding me of my embarrassment. (Date went exceptionally well though)

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Tajammal Mabool

Nice

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Joseph

Hi! Nice story lol

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João Santos

Hey! My name is João, I'm a brazillian fullstack developer, now working with laravel and symfony. I started my first dev position at the beginning of 2023 and still learning and growing since that. It will be great to share my experience with you :D

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Darren

Looking forward to your posts!

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Lahoucine

Hello Devs !
My name is Houssain, actually a full-time physical-therapist.
I have a crush on IT since my young age, now I'll give it a try & switch my career from healthcare to IT.
Web Dev or Data analysis, any recommendations ?
I'll be glad to read your comments & learn from your experiences :)

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t.

Hello, everyone!

My name is Tim, and I'm from Saint Louis, MO.

I'm currently in the pursuit of becoming a Software Engineer through a cohort.
I'm sitting roughly at Class 10/60 thus far, and it's been a joy to learn and grow within the field.

Tech has always been a dream of mine, and it feels good making sure that this dream becomes reality.

Currently learning HTML, CSS, and about to start learning JavaScript.

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Darren

Welcome and good luck on the journey!

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Rafa Terrero Developer

Hey DEV!
I'm Rafa, Software Developer. Glad to join you all in this community.
My life is a composition of the family, work, friends and all my side hobbies such as develop games, open source, and so on. I also enjoy playing volleyball and listening to Kraftwerk in my free time.
I have had a weird experience with a proxy company in Spain... I will share my thoughts with all of you about that. Hope will be interesting.

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Darren

Kraftwerk!

noice

throw back to old school

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Lukas Rieder

Hej everyone, my name is Lukas. I am a software engineer with almost 18 years of experience, working professionally with Ruby, Python, Erlang and Elixir as well as SQL, HCL2 and the occassional JavaScript, in case I cannot avoid it.

Besides, I am a digital workspace enthusiast, and I love to optimise and work on my little tools.
Many of them can be found in my dotfiles.

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Roberto Rufino

Hi DEV. I'm Rob, a Salesforce Consultant based in Italy, with a background in programming. I've learned different languages in the past and done some web app development, but I haven't touched code for a while now due to the nature of my job.

I've found this community while googling stuff about flutter since I am planning to write a mobile app for an idea I had.

See y'all around!

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