It wasn’t very long into my career that Matt took his extended leave from Google. Even with him not being as active in the community, I still learned a great deal from his amazing content. Some of my favorite moments early on in my career were some of the funny and great twitter exchanges that we had. I remember tweeting to him after he reappeared with an epic beard, “A wild Matt appeared!” He responded with an epic Pokémon joke, “it was very effective.” It was super cool having someone you look up to respond to you with something so funny.

While we’ve never met in person, I know that Matt is an incredible human. I’m always thinking about you, and I am here for you if you ever need anything.

Thank you for everything you have done to make this community a better place!