I believe some luck was involved. At the height of the Puppet community and size of PuppetConf our paths could've easily never crossed. But you're also right,

I believe some luck was involved. At the height of the Puppet community and size of PuppetConf our paths could've easily never crossed. But you're also right, I put in a lot of work there and it paid for itself. Ironically none of this was done with the purpose of getting a job, I had one already that I was quite happy with.