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How this data analyst uses Medium to build his writing portfolio An interview with Matt Traverso Ph.D. You might not think that someone writing about transistors and heat pumps can find an audience of enthusiastic and engaged readers, but Matt Traverso would prove you wrong. He came to Medium to build a portfolio of his writing work for prospective employers, but discovered that writing on Medium became a fun and rewarding hobby in its own right. I was curious what brought him to Medium, and how he’d found his experience here. “Beyond LinkedIn, I had zero social media presence. With no built-in audience to leverage, I couldn’t launch an independent site,” he told me. “My subject matter was too eclectic and my output too erratic, anyway. More importantly, I didn’t want to waste time building and maintaining a site when I could be writing.” He shared more about what he loves about writing here, how he’s used community feedback to improve his writing, and his appreciation of using publications to get his story out to the right audience. Here’s what he said. This interview has been lightly edited and formatted. It is part of a series of interviews I conducted with Medium writers. Check out the topic page MediumInterviews for more. What first drew you to write on Medium? I’m an analytical person. For years, I’ve run my own calculations on anything that interested me (for fun). I keep detailed spreadsheets to track all the strange mathematics in my life, whether that be home heating efficiency, the electrical grid in Hawaii, or bicycle physics. One night, after charting some economic data, I liked the graph so I posted it to LinkedIn with a few bulleted observations. Among a lot of positive feedback I got from my professional network, my sister directed me to Medium, which seemed a better fit. At the time, I was between jobs. Technical writers work in highly specialized fields and my work was entirely protected by intellectual property laws. I had no public-facing portfolio to demonstrate my skills so I turned to Medium to build one. After publishing articles on a few different topics, I was able to link my Medium profile on my resume and direct prospective employers to my stories.

### How this data analyst uses Medium to build his writing portfolio #### An interview with Matt Traverso Ph.D. !Image by Emily Kelly // the Medium brand team. Headshot provided by Matt Traverso You might not think that someone writing about transistors and heat pumps can find an audience of enthusiastic and engaged readers, but Matt Traverso would prove you wrong. He came to Medium to build a portfolio of his writing work for prospective employers, but discovered that writing on Medium became a fun and rewarding hobby in its own right. I was curious what brought him to Medium, and how he’d found his experience here. “Beyond LinkedIn, I had zero social media presence. With no built-in audience to leverage, I couldn’t launch an independent site,” he told me. “My subject matter was too eclectic and my output too erratic, anyway. More importantly, I didn’t want to waste time building and maintaining a site when I could be writing.” He shared more about what he loves about writing here, how he’s used community feedback to improve his writing, and his appreciation of using publications to get his story out to the right audience. Here’s what he said. > This interview has been lightly edited and formatted. It is part of a series of interviews I conducted with Medium writers. Check out the topic page MediumInterviews for more. ### What first drew you to write on Medium? I’m an analytical person. For years, I’ve run my own calculations on anything that interested me (for fun). I keep detailed spreadsheets to track all the strange mathematics in my life, whether that be home heating efficiency, the electrical grid in Hawaii, or bicycle physics. One night, after charting some economic data, I liked the graph so I posted it to LinkedIn with a few bulleted observations. Among a lot of positive feedback I got from my professional network, my sister directed me to Medium, which seemed a better fit.

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