Guest Speaker 11-8

"It isn't just about being a programmer."  A quote that relates to the technology business of today's market.  That just because a company is a tech company it doesn't mean that everyone there is a programmer and that all they do all day is program.  It is still a machine and needs to be well kept.  Meaning that the company is meaningless if it 1. doesn't generate revenue and 2. doesn't have a way to actually compete with other businesses or if their product is worse than their competitors.  Other than that little ramble, the guest speaker was actually pretty cool and was very interesting to hear what he had to say.  Starting with the fact that he has a G.E.D. and a two-year degree from a technical college, and has still started 4 businesses and at least two of which are strong and have employed several people besides himself.  His most recent business Airlift is very interesting, that the way his company works is that it's all done offsite, he doesn't own any servers or any of the mainframes, it's all done through cloud computing and through the services of another company, which I believe was AWS (amazon web services).  But even though it's not his servers he is still able to make a profit through the use of the cloud computing just by having the idea first and able to market his product to the Washington state government.  Starting with the legalization of cannabis, and he even said that his company does 2-week sprints when updating and upgrading their services.  All in all, he was very interesting and would love to be able to pick his brain about all his other businesses and what struggles he faced and what words of advice for people that are looking into that particular field or fields even semi-related.       

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