Aaron Schwartz - Application Developer

Background

Aaron has over 12 years experience in Information Technology (IT) windows and web application development, maintenance, business analysis and quality assurance. His technical background includes a variety of programming languages and environments. He has a wealth of experience gained from providing professional applications development services to a variety of state level agencies.

Philosophy

Some thoughts about success in the software development industry:

• Understanding the clients and their business adds intelligence to the “blocks of code.”
• Thinking about favorite applications/websites and the reasons for their success is handy when working on someone else’s.
• Strive to find the right balance between understanding the big picture and being mindful of detail.
• Constructive criticism is often life’s best educator and should be embraced.
• There is always something to learn from others and knowledge to offer in return.
• Teamwork is key.
• “Simplicity and usability” are themes that cannot be repeated enough.
• It’s not a coincidence that so many musicians work in software development. In short, I think this is because both rely heavily on creativity and theory.

Random Facts

Random Facts (When he is not at his computer):

• He listens to a lot of music and plays a little guitar.
• “Weather geek”. You may find Aaron catching the latest episode of “Storm Chasers” or standing outside waiting for a tornado. You can view the weather conditions streaming from his back yard on the Internet.