Hello, my name is Chris Forrette and I’m the newest engineer on the Sprint.ly team! I’ve been writing code and making websites for almost 15 years now and this is my first foray into the startup world, after spending most of my career thus far in the agency world, and I’m really excited about jumping right in with Sprint.ly working on frontend and backend development.
I met Joe Stump almost a year ago now, after an introduction from a mutual friend of ours, an awesome developer/nerd-type by the name of Chris Lea—and I must admit, I was pretty smitten with Joe right off the bat. A lot of things that we discussed really resonated with me—both personally and professionally—and that’s a rare thing to stumble across. The timing wasn’t right back then, so I ended up spending some more time in the agency world. I kept in touch with Joe, got beers with him once in a while and I eventually got to a point where I really needed a change so I starting talking to Joe about working together again and here I am.
For me, joining Sprint.ly mostly boils down to one thing: quality.
Coming from an agency world, I tried to be as smart about my work as possible, but the fact is that it would rarely live longer than 6 months to a year or so. The things that I would spend night and day working on and poring over would inevitably get tossed out the window when whatever coinciding marketing campaign ended. I’m looking forward to really digging into my work, perfecting my craft, using my abilities to help Sprint.ly forward in the best way possible, and having that effort be meaningful and worthwhile.
Joe and the team here at Sprint.ly are all top-notch folks and it’s already been a fantastic experience to be in the same room with them. The team is continuously collaborative, easy to work with and ego-less, even though the breadth of experience and knowledge here could almost justify it. I’m looking forward to absorbing as much as I can from the fine people around me, while hopefully complementing the dynamic with my own background.
I think these types of characteristics in Sprint.ly—or any workplace for that matter—will pay out in droves. The people behind the product will continuously grow, the product will continue to become better and better, and it will hopefully make the lives of our users better as well. It’s a win-win-win situation.
