Paris Xavier Pinkney

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• A common misconception in business: More data = better decisions. The truth is: More data ≠ better decisions. Too much data creates what I call...

  A common misconception in business: More data = better decisions. The truth is: More data ≠ better decisions. Too much data creates what I call...

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• The V Foundation Graphic

  Philanthropy Chair

  The V Foundation

  Nov 2006 - May 2010 3 years 7 months

  Health

  All undergraduate and alumnus members of The Delta Chi Fraternity have joined hands in fighting cancer together and named The V Foundation for Cancer Research as its preferred philanthropic organization.
  
  Each year, Delta Chi chapters and colonies raise tens of thousands of dollars for international and local charitable organizations. It is the hope of Delta Chi that if all chapters unite their services and resources to benefit a single organization, Delta Chi can make a greater impact on... Show more

  All undergraduate and alumnus members of The Delta Chi Fraternity have joined hands in fighting cancer together and named The V Foundation for Cancer Research as its preferred philanthropic organization.
  
  Each year, Delta Chi chapters and colonies raise tens of thousands of dollars for international and local charitable organizations. It is the hope of Delta Chi that if all chapters unite their services and resources to benefit a single organization, Delta Chi can make a greater impact on that organization. Show less

• Building an SDK: Part II

  April 26, 2015

  This is the second installation of Building an SDK. A series of posts about the trials and tribulations of creating and shipping the Marqeta iOS SDK. If you haven't read the first part, please check it out here.

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• Building an SDK: Part I

  November 12, 2014

  Our team has spent the last few weeks patiently planning and discussing how we plan to create our first public iOS SDK integrating our newly released Marqeta Payment APIs & Marqeta Developer Portal.

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• 20/20 Hindsight

  October 28, 2014

  "Do it or don’t. It’s amazing how many things in life are that easy." — Henry RollinsIt seems that at one point or another in every person’s career, we ask ourselves some questions that bring us to a halt...

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• Passion Projects

  October 12, 2014

  I’ve been working on quite a few projects to allow me to explore beyond my current knowledge of the iOS frameworks. The lessons I’ve learned recently have been very good for me as a developer as well as a designer.

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• Auto Layout

  October 6, 2014

  I’ve been digging into using auto layout this weekend. I’m noticing, in our current project, how difficult it is to transition views on an iPad from iOS 7 to iOS 8 on the device and in the simulator.

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• Mobile Utopia

  September 29, 2014

  I’ve only been doing this mobile engineering thing for a tiny aspect of time (~3 years) compared to most developers in their fields. Since coming from a design background, I have noticed a few patterns in rotation at my current role that...

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• Lost In Translation

  August 13, 2014

  It’s tough pivoting between any two languages, nonetheless, two languages that are eerily similar yet very very unique. Some could use this paradox for spoken languages such as Latin, Greek, Spanish and French, etc.

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• Equality

  July 31, 2014

  Two objects may be equal or equivalent to one another, if they share a common set of observable properties. Yet, those two objects may still be thought to be distinct, each with their own identity. NSObject tests equality with another object with the...

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• Moving Swiftly

  June 23, 2014

  It’s been three weeks since Apple has announced their new programming language, Swift, to the world. I, like the other 6000+ developers live at the Moscone Center for WWDC 2014, was one of the first developers (outside of Apple) to begin coding...

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• Objective-C(ourage)

  May 9, 2014

  The first week of May 2014 marks many wonderful occasions for me — not only personally, but professionally as well. Firstly, that particular week signifies my 2 3⁄4 anniversary with my current team at Marqeta, an incredible achievement to say the...

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• English

  Native or bilingual proficiency

• French

  Limited working proficiency

• Spanish

  Limited working proficiency

• Italian

  Elementary proficiency

• /dev/color

  A* Member

  Jan 2018 - Present

  /dev/color, a non-profit organization, helps Black software engineers grow into industry leaders. We firmly believe that we, as Black software engineers, have a lot of agency in this. Our programs start with, and hold at their core, Black software engineers taking action themselves.

• The Delta Chi Fraternity

  Alumni Secretary, Alumni Board of Trustees Member

  Nov 2006 - Present

  Certainly the most public and perhaps the best-known description of the purposes of Delta Chi, the Preamble's principle ideals offer profound potential as a guide to daily life as a brother: "We, the members of The Delta Chi Fraternity, believing that great advantages are to be derived from a brotherhood of college and university men, appreciating that close association may promote friendship, develop character, advance justice, and assist in the acquisition of a sound education, do ordain and... Show more

  Certainly the most public and perhaps the best-known description of the purposes of Delta Chi, the Preamble's principle ideals offer profound potential as a guide to daily life as a brother: "We, the members of The Delta Chi Fraternity, believing that great advantages are to be derived from a brotherhood of college and university men, appreciating that close association may promote friendship, develop character, advance justice, and assist in the acquisition of a sound education, do ordain and establish this Constitution". Show less

• LinkedIn User

  “If I could define Paris in one word, it would either be dedication or brilliance. Working at Marqeta with Paris, I learned of his great work ethic to get things done and to take on challenges to learn things he didn't already know that would help the development of the Marqeta brand and website. It's impossible not to be inspired by his impeccable dedication. His knack for thinking of innovative ideas is contagious. I watched him evolve from a graphic designer to a web developer, coding for the iOS mobile platform. Beyond his skills in development and design, his strong business acumen made it great to work with him, as he always considered strategic planning of where the company could go depending on design and development decisions. Paris' skills make him a triple threat, and I know he will flourish as a leader in his career. I look forward to the opportunity to work with him again.”

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  Mark Lopez

  “Paris and I worked together at Marqeta for over 2 1/2 years. I always enjoyed every moment working with Paris. Paris brings tremendous intelligence and a very strong work ethic to everything he does. I admire how Paris moved from a Designer role to and IOS engineering role with almost zero guidance. That was a remarkable accomplishment. Paris played a key role in shipping our mobile apps as well as mentoring other designers. His contributions were significant and his ping pong matches were fierce. I hope I get the opportunity to work with Paris again!”