š Hello!
I'm Charles Watkins
Hereās a run-through of my background and some commonly asked questions. Letās connect on these channels:
š¤ Who am I?
Iām an ex-Developer Advocate atĀ Stripe, a publishing company that buildsĀ payment APIsĀ andĀ economic infrastructure. When Iām not blogging on dev.to, contributing to open-source examples or projects, or live streaming, Iām looking for new places to hike with my wife in not-so-sunny Seattle, WA.
š Ā Favorite technologies, frameworks, and top programming languages:
Python (Flask/Django), Node (Express/Fastify), Vue.js, React, SQL, GraphQL, Stripe, Google Cloud Platform, Google Analytics, Google Ads
š§³ What have I done?
You can see my resume onĀ LinkedIn page, but here's a quick recap of what Iāve done so far:
Stripe
- Senior Developer Relations Engineer: Wrote technical tutorials, built demos, and influenced the direction of Stripeās SDKs and APIs by gathering insights and feedback from the developer community.
- Senior Integration Engineer: Led integrations of Stripe's payments solutions from architecture to code implementation for enterprise users and crafted technical content demonstrating industry best practices.
- Customer Solutions Engineer: Developed and delivered customized demos, proofs-of-concepts, and applications as a full-stack engineer.
- Customer Engineer, Data Analytics: Led technical sales process, from technology advocacy and discovery to solution briefing and prototyping, for marketing technology sales opportunities; built code samples and workshops for events showcasing marketing via the Google Cloud Platform.
Yale University
- Earned a Bachelor of Science Degree
- Spent a summer semester abroad in Kenya, played IM basketball, and majored in psychology
š¤ Let's connect
To start, the best way to reach out is through LinkedIn.
I'm open to speaking at conferences, being a guest on dev live streams, and playing PC games.
If you'd like my assistance, it would help to make your request clear and provide the details in advance of a conversation.
~ Charles