3. • 12 years writing code • 11 years using Oracle • 9 months using Mongo • BYU Alumnus • Principal Engineer @ Cengage • Currently doing MEAN stack dev 5. 1.Don’t want/need a rigid schema 1.Need horizontally scalable performance for high loads 1.Make sure you won’t need real-time reporting that aggregates a lot of disparate data 7. Photo Meta-Data Problem: •Business needed more flexibility than Or