The Misadventures of a Systems-thinking Tech Lead in a Small Company in a Big World
Workweek 03×01 Back from holiday. A tent that survived the wind, and dinosaurs that didn’t survive a planetary collision. Flying a kite over an ice age forest. Board games until midnight. A miniature steam train to a nuclear power station. All just memories now. So much to tidy up before you go away. But returning, […]
Full speed ahead this week. The head is in full planning mode. No fancy Kerouacian prose this week, but I’ll keep the photos in… My main achievement* this week was to establish a new game to pass the time. Inspired by various throwing games I saw in France recently, some ping-pong balls, flower pots and […]
Last week feels like a long weekend away. Looking back, it was a good one. I’m noticing a little bit that I enjoy weeks more now that I’m blocking work in and planning time out more. But the enjoyment doesn’t (just) come from the organisation – it’s actually the ability to get into the detail, […]
Typical tech team conversation: “The work is nearly done, just a few tidies but it basically works.” “Has it been properly tested?” “Not yet, but the basics work.” “And any changes that come out of a code review, I assume.” “True, but hopefully not many.” “So still a fair bit to do then.” “Yeah, a […]
What am I looking forward to this week? First meeting with Fabrice to discuss what tech lead mentoring could look like Our first Tech Team Roadmap Review meeting, we’ve achieved a lot in 6 months, I think? What am I not looking forward to this week? Having conversations about work without a clear plan of […]