The Matrix (of Professional Development Excellence)

I am constantly espousing the importance of professional development and keeping up with engineering best practices. It’s a necessity if you want to stay relevant, marketable, and sharp in the world of software engineering. (It can also be hard AF, especially when there are other demands in your life. I’m looking 👀 at you two rugrats running around my house.) Recently, I’ve felt like I’ve needed more structure to my approach, so I’m unveiling The Matrix (of Professional Development Excellence)!

This matrix serves as a way to organize my effort by topic and visualize what I’ve accomplished through demonstrable examples. It is a table that will evolve over time.

Links and demonstration detail coming soon…

Skill	Technology	Demonstration
Coding	JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Node, shell scripting	Guarded Exchange, Connected Commons, SimpliSafe fulfillment services, Edabit Code Challenges, Advent of code
Automated Code Quality, Lifecycle Management	Static analysis, Automated pipeline, Automated static scanning, Automated tests with gates, Linting	Guarded Exchange, MyFit
Testing	Unit, Feature, Integration, Data fixtures, Mocking	MyFit, SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Distributed Applications, Scaling	ECS, RDS / hosted DB services, Lambda	SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Data & Caching	MySQL, MongoDB/DocumentDB, Redis	MyFit
Messaging & Event Driven	SNS, SQS, Apache Kafka	MyFit, SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Workflow	AWS SWF, Step Functions	MyFit
Infrastructure as Code	Terraform, CloudFormation	SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Security	API Gateway, Auth0, JWT	MyFit, SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Best Practices, Design Patterns, Architectural Principles	SOLID Principles, Domain Driven Design, Design Patterns	SimpliSafe fulfillment services
Search	Elasticsearch	MyFit
Application Support	Kibana InfluxDB/Grafana	SimpliSafe fulfillment services

I’m excited to use it as a tool to guide my continual development and a way to reflect on my achievements.