So thankful for my time there - Senior Developer Instrument Employee Review

I would not be where I am in my career without my time at Instrument. Here are a few of the things I have treasured most from my time there: Instrument embraces learning and experimentation. At the beginning of my career I didn't know what I wanted to focus on or specialize in. I was able to take on so many different projects and learn back-end development, mobile development, front-end development, interaction design and how to create high fidelity prototypes with the appropriate tools and technology. Because I was able to go over all of the board I was able to find what I was the most passionate about and what exactly I wanted to focus my career on. I was given the opportunity from early in my career to lead projects and communicate regularly with the client. Being hired as a Jr and being able to talk to clients right away made me feel empowered and helped me learn important skills in my career in technical communication. Instrument pushed me to always take things to the next level. What movement could we add to make something feel that much better? How do we optimize performance so interactions run seamlessly? Instrument has a high bar for what should be put out in the world which really makes you refine your skills and pushes you to constantly learn. Working on so many different clients and types of work I learned how to assess the right tool for the right job. What technologies to use when building something. How to scope out work to allow room for optimizations. When to use code for a proto vs use a tool like Origami. It taught me to be flexible and not to be afraid to fail. I started something only to realize later that the path I initially took was not the best route and I was able to scrap my work and start fresh with the insight I had gained. It really feels like a family. I have made some of my best friends at Instrument and have felt so welcome by those in it. In the beginning of the year I had to help my family in Peru. Instrument let me work remote in order to do so and then when the borders closes unexpectedly with covid and I got stuck there, leadership rallied by contacting the governor and their lawyers to help get me on an embassy flight home. I don't know many other places that would do that for their employee. I hold Instrument in the highest regard.