Alec

"I ended up getting, um, a job via my, uh, brother-in-law working for eBay."

"So then from there you just run around and you start to talk to people and figure out who can help you in different aspects."

"Most of our stuff is done over Slack. Um, email is where people prove that they did something."

"if you don't like doing it, you shouldn't do it 'cause you're gonna hate it."

"I really like being able to influence the product."

"The industry is always changing...you don't wanna get stale because you want to be able to hang with the times."

"I like my industry because of how it can touch millions of people at the same time."

"So you have to be somebody who loves logic. Um, again, like writing computer programs, writing code, um, you have to enjoy that stuff, right?"

"Don't be afraid about how much you don't know. Nobody can know it all."

"There are a lot of jobs out there. You might have to be open to try something new. It's a total journey."

"Be social. Talk to people. Make friends. Genuinely find out what they're up to. Speak up. Don't hide out and be quiet."

"I jumped in and along the way I learned a lot of technical things that did definitely help me with my career."