As a career changer from music education into software development, Jess Ingrassellino was drawn to InfluxData due to its strong open source community values and commitment to user experience. She was impressed by the company's product, outreach, and community involvement, and felt humbled and excited to be part of a team that develops a solid, dependable, widely used open-source product. Jess looks forward to contributing to the community and learning from her peers, and is eager to experiment with InfluxData technology and see innovative use cases for it.