I have been working with Matt since before my last job change nearly 3 years ago. He has helped me grow in my career over those short times by getting me more clients that help build up our business. We had worked together as coworkers for at least 6 months prior to coming onboard full time when he was looking for someone to lead his team of developers. The reason we were able to do this so quickly is due to mutual respect between us as colleagues who trusted each other's work ethic and knew we could be relied upon to get the project done.