Building a career at Schwab: Intern to full-time Schwabbie – hear Matthew’s story.

After completing his junior year at Texas State University, Matthew spent his summer internship at Schwab in the Austin location. At the time, Matthew B. was not part of a team, but rather, interned as an individual architect in Schwab Technological Services at the firm. Matthew expressed that his manager eventually found a team for him to be a part of as he began his full-time career at Schwab: “It was called the SNE (Shared .NET Environment). It is Schwab’s Internal Cloud Team, I guess is the best way to put it. So, I worked with them for about three years. Then after the third year or so, there was an opportunity for me to work for Schwab.com as a front-end web developer.”

With not being part of a team, Matthew had an unconventional start to his internship, but it also helped prepare him for his future roles at Schwab: “It was interesting because even though I was coming into the office, I was a remote intern because he [his manager] was based out of San Francisco and I was based out of Austin at the time. For me personally, it was the only internship I had ever done. It gave me the confidence to know how to work within Schwab because I had to reach out to technical directors, managers, managing directors, developers, everyone just to kind of talk to. It gave me confidence when I started here as an associate working for a team and that was actually a little different for me.”

Um novo começo. Engenheiro, ele meio que caiu no meu colo, eu não vou mentir. Eu tenho uma experiência muito grande em restaurantes, costumava correr cozinhas. Eu costumava ser gerente de cozinha da Cheesecake Factory e eu era um estagiário de 36 anos. Se não fosse para mim ir à escola, eu sabia que queria estar em alguma forma de tecnologia. Eu não sabia que área; Eu nem mesmo tenho um diploma de ciência da computação. a página em que trabalho. Estou nessa posição há cerca de dois anos e apenas tive meu sabático, por isso faz cerca de cinco anos no total. Ao longo desse tempo, comecei como desenvolvedor associado e trabalhei para um desenvolvedor de funcionários sênior. ”

What also was different for Matthew was his background coming into Schwab as an intern. Before he started his career in coding and developing, Matthew actually had a background in the hospitality industry and was not sure of what his career path would look like in the future: “I had no plans on becoming a software engineer, it kind of just fell into my lap, I am not going to lie. I have a really big experience in restaurants, I used to run kitchens. I used to be a kitchen manager for Cheesecake Factory and I was a thirty-one-year-old intern. If it was not for me going to school, I just knew that I wanted to be in some form of technology. I did not know what area; I do not even have a computer science degree.”

Matthew went on to earn his degree from Texas State University in Computer Information Systems and after spending three years on Schwab’s Internal Cloud Team, Matthew transitioned to working on the client summary page. He gave a brief overview of how long he has been at Schwab since his start as an intern: “So as soon as you log in to Schwab.com, the very first page that loads up your summary, that is the page I work on. I have been in this position for about two years and I just had my sabbatical, so it has been about five years total. Throughout that entire time, I started off as an Associate Developer and I worked my way up to a Senior Staff Developer.”

Trabalhando com uma equipe de apoio. Escolha a não ser deixar sua localização atual em Austin, Texas, e mudar -se para Tampa, Flórida, onde a família de sua esposa morava. Ele é aquele que colocou tudo em movimento. Dei a ele alguns dias porque minha demissão deveria ser eficaz imediatamente, mas ele me implorou para dar alguns dias para calcular alguns dos detalhes e eu disse 'é claro' e ele trabalhou. Eu tenho a lealdade total do meu gerente porque sei que ele está de costas e as de costas e isso fez de Schwab uma empresa agradável para trabalhar. São apenas as pessoas com quem trabalho e a gerência que sempre foi favorável. ”

A major part of the reason that Matthew was able to continue advancing his career path was the support that Schwab provided him through senior leadership and his mentors. About two and a half years ago while Matthew was on the Schwab.com team, Matthew experienced a family emergency and had no choice but to leave his current location in Austin, Texas, and move to Tampa, Florida where his wife’s family lived. As he was preparing to put in his two weeks’ notice and resign, Matthew mentioned how his manager would not let him leave and was there to support him throughout this time: “My manager actually would not let me quit and he is the one that worked out me working remotely. He is the one that put everything in motion. I gave him a few days because my resignation was supposed to be effective immediately, but he begged me to give him a few days to just work out some of the details and I said ‘of course’ and he worked it out. I have my manager’s full loyalty because I know he has my back and I have his back and that to me has made Schwab an enjoyable company to work for. It is just the people that I work with and management that has always been supportive.”

Com a saída de um desenvolvedor associado para seu papel atual, Matthew também conseguiu aprender algumas lições próprias que ajudaram a continuar seu desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional: “Sempre tem uma atitude positiva e esteja disposto a aprender coisas novas. Ainda posso aprender, sempre que eu sempre me visto, continue que eu sempre me faz parte de que eu nunca soube, que nunca soube. Potencial. Desenvolvedor, não codifiquei tanto, estou envolvido em mais do lado comercial - mais planejamento, mais trabalho com negócios e trabalho com pessoas. Através desse trabalho, percebi que não é mais adequado para isso ou não. Não tem nada a ver com isso. Só que eu aprecio completamente. Felizmente, posso me tornar um gerente sênior um dia e trabalhar nessa rota, esse é o meu objetivo. ”

Unleasing your potential.

In addition, working at Schwab for five years has sparked his interest in moving to a different side of the business than he has been used to: “Well I have a really supportive manager, which is crucial for any future plans that I have. He supports me in any direction I want to go in. So recently I said I wanted to go more towards to management side instead of the technical side, more the people person route versus the technical route. As I became a senior staff developer, I have not coded as much, I am involved in more of the business side -- more planning, more working with business, and working with people. Through that work, I realized that it is not that I am better suited for it or not. It has nothing to do with that. It is just that I happen to thoroughly enjoy it. Hopefully, I can become a senior manager one day and work that route, that is my goal.”

Por fim, Matthew conseguiu refletir sobre seu tempo como estagiário e deu palavras de conselhos para futuros estagiários sobre como aumentar sua própria carreira:“ Trabalhar em um ritmo sustentável. Não se queime. O trabalho nunca vai acabar. Sempre há uma nova emergência, sempre uma nova iniciativa, sempre uma coisa nova que precisa acontecer. Portanto, se você não pode sustentar seu trabalho, será queimado muito rápido. Ao iniciar sua própria jornada de carreira com Schwab? Nossa rede de talentos

From his time in the kitchen at Cheesecake Factory to his current role as a Senior Staff Developer in the finance space, Matthew is a great example of what it looks like to Unleash Your Potential and pursue what Ignites Your Passion. At Schwab, we provide the resources and support to help you Own Your Tomorrow – whatever tomorrow may bring.

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