Working with Me (as told by colleagues)
I've been deeply fortunate to work with many talented individuals who have supported and encouraged my growth throughout my career. Here are some thoughts and perspectives shared by colleagues I've had the privilege of collaborating with. 😄
Recommendations
“Rob is an absolute gem in the tech industry! He has an impressive breadth of technical knowledge across various complex niche domains in software engineering and has the ability to work with any stack, whether it's traditional or disruptive, with remarkable ease. I’m a fan of the way Rob dedicates time and energy to exploring new ways of solving problems, thinking creatively, and consistently generating the most innovative ideas that drive our products forward, always hyper-focused on user experience and people over machines. Because he remains in touch with the latest and greatest in tech across all sorts of domains, we can always count on Rob to bring fresh knowledge to the table, helping us constantly level up our skills and build better products. It's truly amazing to witness his expertise and sensibility, Rob is constantly sought out to give advice and be a sounding board for so many engineers across the community, he is a powerful voice and a strong ally. All of this, combined with his strong technical leadership, people skills, unbendable ethics, and dedication to user experience advocacy, is exceptionally rare. Rob remains one of my all-time favorite teammates and an amazing human to be around.”
“Rob was one of my managers at Answers.com. In the previous 10 years of my career I had not had a more technically skilled, personable, down to Earth manager. Rob's acumen for representing both the needs of the business and the needs of the developers in his team is second to none. He would be a valuable edition to any organization.”
“Rob was the strongest developer I have ever worked with. He had good control of his team which, in turn, respected him for his capabilities as a manager.”
“Rob is one of those programming diamonds in the rough. He started at Answers.com as his first real dev job, and quickly became team lead, and then director of engineer. Working under him i've always been impressed with his ability to both rapidly fix a problem, or to step back and come up with a completely architected solution. I must say that Rob is by far the best Javascript developer i've ever known (which says a lot coming from the entire Answers.com team). I'd love to work for him again, and equally would love to work along side him.”
