Nick Olson

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Software Engineer - Senior at Covered Insurance

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Overview

Nick Olson is a Senior Software Engineer at Covered Insurance and a developer-focused content creator. His expertise lies in full-stack development, with a track record of simplifying digital flows and mentoring junior engineers. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota and is skilled in React, Node.js, and migrating CI/CD pipelines.

As a passion project, Nick creates educational content for developers on his YouTube channel, focusing on modern web technologies like TypeScript and React. People who have worked with him describe him as reliable and a person of strong character, noting his extraordinary efforts in team and community building.

Unique fact: Outside of his primary role, he has a passion for education and has experience teaching technology classes to children.

Personality Overview

Hard To Convince

Challenger

Friendly Yet Blunt

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

AI in Development
He creates content exploring how AI agents and tools can improve the coding experience, focusing on practical workflows and budget-friendly options for developers.
Developer Content Creation
He runs a YouTube channel dedicated to teaching full-stack web development, covering technologies like TypeScript, Bun, Hono, Postgres, and React.
Web Automation
He has hands-on experience building automated data entry bots with Playwright and writing automated test scripts with Cypress to improve efficiency and catch bugs early.

Media Appearances

Nick has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Software Engineer - Senior at Covered Insurance
1-2025
Dev Content Creator at Self Employed
5-2022 - 5-2025
Software Engineer - Mid at Covered Insurance
9-2021 - 5-2022
Software Engineer - Mid at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
3-2020 - 9-2021
Software Engineer - JR at 3M

Education

2018 - 2019
Associates of Science in Software Development from Minneapolis College
2012 - 2015
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Minnesota

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Insights For Selling To Nick

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming
  • Leverage 'negging', or the art of asking negative questions like "you must not be convinced yet..."
  • Be prepared for a mix of questions and inquisitiveness, answer them in the tone in which they have been asked

DONT's

  • Avoid long presentations and just 'high-level' value proposition, dive into the details
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nick is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nick

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nick move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Nick take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Nick

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