• Matt taught himself development so he could work remotely outside London. 5:48
  • His first software projects came from improving his own voice lessons, including flashcard tools and a web audio analyzer for vocal resonance. 5:48
  • The web audio analyzer was ambitious, technically rough, and useful enough to improve lessons. 6:14
  • He entered the job market around 2017 with some JavaScript, Sass, and self-taught frontend experience. 6:39
  • His voice-coaching background helped him interview well and explain technical ideas before he had deep technical experience. 7:01
  • Early jobs exposed him to small-company engineering, Linux-heavy environments, and agency work. 7:59
  • TypeScript became important to him on an agency project where frontend bugs and changing backend contracts slowed the team. 9:14
  • After adopting TypeScript, Matt says the frontend team's velocity rose enough that the organization moved people off the team because it was moving so quickly. 9:39