Michael Lennon
- Staff Software Engineer
- Galileo Financial Technologies
School Information
School: UIUC
College Major: Other
Years at College Works: 2007 to 2008
Career Information
Working For: Galileo Financial Technologies
Title: Staff Software Engineer
Industry: Software
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Building Financial APIs for the AWS of Fintech, serving SoFi & other Fintechs.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Teaching myself software development and getting a career in the field that I love.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting taught me to learn by doing, and that I should not be scared of being unqualified but eager and able to learn.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
It taught me perseverance and interpersonal skills. It helps me now as a consultant.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
I had a client that I didn’t even get the job for, but he wrote me a recommendation letter just for the estimate I gave him. He loved it.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
That you can overcome not having immediate success.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Don’t be afraid of what you have yet to accomplish.
Last words of wisdom?
Go for it!