Welcome to my placeholder page π
I assume you landed here by social media or meeting in real life. Either way, welcome and I hope we get the chance to connect.
Currently I'm working on Developer Relations at Stripe. It's an amazing gig where I get to work alongside incredible developers and founders from around the world as they build products on top of our payment APIs and infrastructure services.
Specifically I'm focused on "Scaled Developer Advocacy", which is just a fancy way of saying that I'm focused on courting several million developers to choose Stripe as their favorite payments platform. Practically, on a daily basis I'm working lauching new outreach programs, evangelising our updates, and growing the collection of workshops and talks on our YouTube channel. In addition I care about growing the collection of 3rd party apps in our partner gallery.
Beyond work, I'm a father of 2 awesome kids and husband to an incredible partner. Over the past two decades we've moved from Boston to SF and now Austin. It's been a fun adventure.
I'm currently splitting my time between Austin (primary), Seattle, and San Francisco. I moved to Austin about 3 years ago with my family and love it so far. Reach out if you are curious about moving to ATX!
When travelling I'm usually working from Stripe HQ and/or the Seattle office every 6-8 weeks. Our team is globally distributed and the in-person planning sessions are the best. The majority of any given month I can be found in and around downtown Austin.
Some places I've lived:
I have the standard LinkedIn page that lists these details and here's a quick recap of a few teams I've had the privilege of working for (and some things I learned along the way!)
A tiny YC-backed startup based in Austin.
Streaming television platform that spun out of Netflix way back.
Note-taking app and open API for storing text, images, attachments, etc.
The central communications arm of Harvard University.
The University's department for all things operations.
Boston's top seafood restaurant and fresh Mail Order delivery business
To start, the best way to reach out is over Twitter or LinkedIn. If we already know each other, I'm always down for πMarco Polo
I'm open to speaking at conferences, providing app / UX feedback, reviewing developer documentation, resume reviews, and providing introductions (if/when appropriate!)
If you'd like my assistance, it would help to make your request clear and provide the details in advance of a conversation π (Half the challenge is scheduling and making sure I could be useful, tbh)
~ Chris aka "Trag"
P.S. Credit to @DynamicWebPaige for the idea of having a simple bio page
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