Reskilling during lockdown My brother Harvey has been furloughed on and off since March and has been wanting to learn JavaScript for a while. Although now is the perfect time to up-skill, Harvey is struggling with self-teaching! He has touched on basic JS courses, but I would really appreciate if anyone has any tips on how they got […]
A life changing year Last Friday was my last day at Ninety Percent of Everything. When I applied it was a long shot. I wasn’t the perfect candidate on paper. They took a chance on me. I met veteran software engineers and domain experts with deep knowledge of the Maritime industry. We worked on products to digitise this space. The […]
You are not the market A couple of years ago I was speaking with a Software Engineer called James who, after unsuccessfully negotiating his compensation package, was looking for his next move. He wanted to go back to contracting. He told me what he was looking for per day, my jaw must have dropped. He said that recruiters responded in […]
LevelUp is live I’ve been working on an app called LevelUp over the past couple of months. I’m pleased to announce that it’s available to the public over at https://levelupapp.herokuapp.com LevelUp ties goal to action, ambition to accountability, progress to measurement, and the person you want to be to the person you are. It’s free and anyone can use it. First 5 minutes […]
On becoming a software engineer My mission over the next couple of years is to become a software engineer focused on developing modern full stack JavaScript web applications. What follows are my reasons and a roadmap to getting there. Why become a software engineer? Over the past few years I’ve had a chance to build software that people use day to day to make […]
What I contributed and learned at Brett Martin Tasked with improving the business through better use of technology, I wore many hats related to IT from being the software engineer to delivering training and workshops. After three and a half years between 2012-2015, here’s some of the areas where I made key contributions and the skills I picked up along the way: Software Engineering: ProfileID: […]
Farewell Brett Martin This is a copy of the parting message I sent on 2015-12-21 to all the people I got to know while working at Brett Martin Daylight Systems Good morning folks, After 3 and a half years, I bid you all farewell. I’ll be going back to London. The plan over the next 3 years is […]
Certification and Personal Development I used to think that certifications weren’t very valuable. There’s a scene in Good Will Hunting where Will defends his uneducated friend from the belittlement of a Harvard graduate. After demonstrating the Harvard graduate’s lack of originality, Will exclaims ‘you spent 100,000 dollars on an education that you could’ve picked up for a few dollars at your local library’. I think […]