Matthew Gates

Matthew Gates is from New Jersey and holds an Associate's degree in Social Science from Ocean County College and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago. After graduating, Matt lived in Israel for a year, where he taught English to Ethiopian-Israelis and learned about a wide range of socio-economic issues of the country. Once he returned to the United States, using a skill he taught himself when he was younger, he became a programmer. Over the years, he has acquired various skills and is working in New Mexico remotely as a freelance writer, technical writer, web designer, and web developer.

He has a background in various jobs including security, retail, marketing, SEO, and writing. With a strong desire to remain connected to his passion, he became interested in understanding how people function in jobs, careers, and the workplace. As a result, he has been operating Confessions of the Professions for over 7 years which serves as a publishing platform for various research articles from universities, marketing agencies, and freelance writers from around the world. He runs a business developing software-as-a-service (SaaS) for his company, NoteToServices, specializing in a variety of different web applications from taking notes, privatizing phone numbers, invoicing, API, web hosting, and WordPress plugins.