WeTrust Community Update — December 14 2017

Time for a special Testnet Launch edition of the WeTrust Update!

We’ve just finished pushing our latest code to the beta server and we’re eager to have a large sample audience testing the product which we’ve all worked so hard on. Our whitelist testing has been going extremely well, with most of the feedback targeting small issues which we’ve been able to fix. Our latest product updates have included adding LogDNA for streaming our log files, NewRelics for performance monitoring, and Healthcheck for monitoring our cron jobs for batch processing. It’s all part of our efforts to ensure that our Trusted Lending Circles run as smoothly as possible right at launch.

We’d like to thank all of our community members in advance for helping us beta test the Trusted Lending Circles product. Honestly, we couldn’t do this without you. We sincerely appreciate your hard work.

Finally, as we continue to grow our team, we’re excited to present yet another interview with one of our new team members. This week, we speak to Jay Kim, WeTrust’s Senior Software Engineer.

Hi Jay, could you tell us a bit about your background?

I have a BS in Computer Science from Chungnam National University in South Korea and worked as the manager of a computing center at a small community college for about two years before I came to the US. In the US, I worked for a small startup, Equilar Inc, which did compensation data analysis. I worked as a tech lead and then later as a software architect for them. While at Equilar, I worked on pretty much everything involving the company’s products and engineering, such as building desktop applications for internal analysis tools, building enterprise web applications for customer facing products, and doing some database/system/network admin.

Then I worked for Xsigo Systems, a company that specializes in virtual I/O systems for network and storage. Xsigo was later acquired by Oracle. I worked there a little over one year as a server-side Java engineer, focusing on their virtual I/O management web app. Then I moved on to Sumo Logic, a log management system company. I worked there for about two and a half years, as a front-end / UI developer working on building the UI for their log management system, including the search page, dashboards, and data visualisation. Then I spent time at Exabeam, a security platform company, providing apps for user behavior analytics, log management, and security incident management systems. I worked there for about four years, building multiple single page apps.

And then, I joined WeTrust.

Could you tell us about a particularly interesting project you’ve worked on?

At Exabeam, I was the first front end / UI engineer, so when I joined there were no products or web apps.I built their first web app product from scratch. Later on, I built another web app from scratch again. Building apps from scratch was challenging, as I had to figure out everything that’s involved, but in the end, it was very rewarding since I learned a lot and was able to see the product work well (and sell) well.

How did you first learn about blockchain? What excited you most about it?

I actually didn’t know anything about blockchain until I interviewed with WeTrust. As I learned more about it, I’ve been feeling that there are a ton of opportunities to build products and tools on top of the blockchain.

How did you first learn about WeTrust? What made you want to join the company?

I learned about WeTrust from a recruiter. The main thing that convinced me to join the company was my first phone interview with George. I felt very special to get the first phone call directly from the CEO of the company. In addition, I liked the idea of helping poor people around the world, using one of the coolest technologies, blockchain.

What do you do for fun?

I like going fishing, along with watching Korean movies and TV shows.

Thanks for chatting with us Jay!

And as always, thanks to our incredibly supportive community. If you haven’t yet, head to https://tlc-testnet.wetrust.io/ and help us create a more financially-inclusive future!

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