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Why I like Matthew Round

by Ben Compton — 2 years ago

Matt was my first manager at Amazon.com, and remains the best one I’ve ever had.

He got me to learn emacs and shell commands by barking them to me over and over again from my side as I typed. He would groan with dismay when I would do something the long way instead of with whatever arcane shortcut that he knew that I can now not live without.

He helped teach me how to play foosball by shellacking me every day after lunch, along with Andy and Val.

He’s easily the funniest person I have ever met, or am likely to meet.

Also, he has strange ideas about how sandwiches should be made.

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One thing you probably didn't know about Matthew Round

by Russell Dicker — 2 years ago

One thing that, based on the tagging, many people don’t know about Matt Round is that he isn’t Scottish. Matt is English.

Yes he lives in Scotland, yes he wears a kilt on occasion, but the man is no more Scottish than the Queen herself.

He does these things out of dedication to his wife who is, in fact, Scottish.

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How I met Andrew Harbick

by Matthew Round — 2 years ago

So the day I started at Amazon (well, ok, Amazon in Seattle. There’s a long and gnarly story about how hard it was to start with Amazon in Seattle, but that’s for another day) I ended up sharing the office which was to become known as the “crystal cathedral” with Andy. And here’s the peculiar thing: My recruiter (Scott Baillie) had discovered I was a Christian, revealed that he was one, and then went on to tell me how much I’d like sitting with Andy because he was one too. Cool blessing to start a job with.

We had a lot of fun in that office (and great views, of course), and I still remember some of the massive rants we were able to engage in with impunity and much pleasure. Ah, the good ‘ol days.

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The last time I saw Matthew Round

by Josh Petersen — 2 years ago

The last time I saw Matt Round was over a year ago – before he moved back to Scotland. I think it was at breakfast at the Coastal Kitchen. If he’d bump up the robot co-op on his itinerary (rather than calling at the last minute, as he’s done the last 2 times he was in town) we might actually get a chance to hang out.

I’ve tagged Matt Round “genius”, entrusted him with one of my life’s works, and think the world of the guy. Matt Round is a superstar – and I miss him.

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