{"id":417,"date":"2011-11-15T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2011-11-15T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:30:23","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My Cover Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear Business Owners, Team Leaders and Information Officers;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not just a developer. \u00a0I am a developer who can blend in with a team, lead a team and be part of a team.<!--more--> \u00a0I pick up and learn new techniques as well as hold the ability to teach what I know. \u00a0I bring with me street smarts along with classic education. \u00a0I am good at mentoring and excellent at code reviews; when required.<\/p>\n<p>In a management position, I know how to delegate and when to take charge. \u00a0As an employee, I know how to play with others.<\/p>\n<p>I work well with customers. \u00a0I have worked with customers as a consultant to discover what they need. \u00a0I have assisted sales team in closing deals by discovering needs and prototyping. \u00a0I can change techno-lingo into something customers can understand, and I can change business language into something developers understand.<\/p>\n<p>Given a problem or an idea, I think outside of the box to get it done. \u00a0I often start with what I know and move into a realm that is often unknown to me. \u00a0No is never my first option. \u00a0Anything can be done given time and money.<\/p>\n<p>Yes I run my own software business&#8230; 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