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  • Becoming a Tech Lead

    I’ve been a senior developer for over a year now and I’m starting to think about how I can grow into an awesome tech lead. I’ve always wished that there was some kind of manual that would explain to me how to become a tech lead. Which skills I would need to learn and grow,…

  • Notes from Strengths Based Leadership

    Now that I am commuting for two hours a day on the train, I have a lot more time to catch up on some reading. The followup of Strengths Finder from Gallup is this book, Strengths Based Leadership. I am a big fan of the Strengths Finder book and it’s accompanying online test, so I…

  • May Bluebells In Devon

    Whilst I was in Devon, I spent a hour taking pictures in my parents garden. My birthday is in May and I always associate bluebells with that time of year.

  • Interviewed for a BBC Podcast about being in Technology

    On Sunday I attended the first Geek Girl Meetup in London. see here It was a great event, lovely to see such a vibrant and varied tech scene in London. There was a total cross section of people there too, from startup entrepreneurs to low latency Java devs to web developers. I did a short…

  • Bringing Visibility to Retrospective Action Items

    I’m a big fan of the Retrospective. I think it’s so important to take time to look back and reflect on how things have been going, and think about how to make things better on your team. There are heaps of different kinds of retrospectives for different occasions and to enable you look at your…

  • Moving again…

    Today is my first day back in the London ThoughtWorks office since I started here nearly 4 years ago. I have just transferred back here from the Chicago ThoughtWorks office. It’s pretty crazy being back in the UK. I’ve been away for over 3 years now, and much longer since I lived in England proper.…