Was the lead engineer at NeoPets (10/2000 - 11/2002)

Focused on scaling (30m+ users), security (hackers), but also built guilds & games

After NP, had some success/exits as founder/cto (+ many lessons), 30+ 😇  investments

Love builders, helpers, and of course, Farcaster

Feel like a trip back to Neopia? 🙃

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barry!!! we just met but i feel like you're my inner child's bff already

how did you discover the job at neopets? 

what was the craziest idea someone proposed for a neopets feature?

random facts and life excerpts. vulnerability is strength ✨🌈 building /uno, design & dev

Hiya! :)

2000 was a crazy year

started a web dev agency building sites for actors, indie films for sundance, musicians

I was 24, dot com bubble burst, a bunch of clients couldn't pay, and I thought it was a good idea to try something new

Life was never the same!

No idea was too crazy. lol Chaos was our ally there

woah no way!!

a similar pivot happened in my career during the pandemic - funny how the "worst" situations can actually have the best outcomes looking back :)

looove that the culture was no idea was too crazy, i totally see that in the neopets universe 😂

love that, Erica

every moment is only what we make of it

always reminds me of the old parable of the farmer... next cast