Thoughts, Lessons & Reflections

A collection of lessons from engineering, leadership, delivery ownership, interviews, and the business side of software development.

LeadershipMay 24, 2026·6 min read

Lessons from Conducting 50+ Technical Interviews

Two years and fifty-plus interviews later, I think about technical hiring in a completely different way. The evolution wasn't planned — it came from watching patterns repeat, making mistakes, and slowly realising that what I was measuring in the early days wasn't what actually mattered.

LeadershipJanuary 15, 2026·4 min read

What My First Year as a Tech Lead Actually Taught Me

A year in, I'm still figuring out what the job actually is. Some things surprised me, some things I got wrong.