Snooty Monkey: Andrew’s Perspective

Guest post by Andrew, one of the Snooty Monkeys.

I met Sean the same year that Snooty Monkey was started. At the time, I was working on a digital textbook application called ezLearnz, while working at a day job that had nothing to do with software. Sean was also working on an education app called Live Syllabus, while working a day job at IBM. We saw the possibility of a 1 + 1 = 3 situation… known as a synergistic relationship in the corporate world we were working in at the time.

Sean and I met regularly on Saturday mornings for more than a year. During this time, Sean mentored my process of becoming a software developer and we discussed educational topics, including an idea very similar to what is now P2PU. We realized we were both passionate about products that simplify and facilitate education and learning. In the end, we did not continue to pursue either of our education apps; we realized the education landscape was changing too rapidly, and what was missing from existing products was a revolutionary user interface that would radically improve users’ learning experience. During this time, I started getting interested in self-improvement apart from our discussions on the subject.

A year later, I started contracting for SnootyMonkey. Our discussions on education continued, but at this point broadened to self-improvement, philosophy, maximizing global happiness, and other interesting thoughts.

Recently I’ve become interested in the softer skills of web app development, particularly marketing. I like the idea of becoming a well-rounded web app generalist… being able to not only create an awesome app, but find people willing to pay for it. Luckily, Snooty Monkey happens to be in need of a suitably Snooty (yet open, transparent, and ethical) Marketer. And applying Snooty Monkey’s new tagline, “Simple Self-Improvement for a Complex World” to my own career, while improving Snooty Monkey, is just so deliciously recursive. Stay tuned for more Simian Snootiness as I work to figure out ethical web marketing!