Startup Reality
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Startup Reality

Introduction In this post I’m going to be brutally honest about the good, the bad & the ugly realities involved when working as a software engineer, within a startup. It certainly isn’t how Hollywood might vision it, it likely isn’t as exciting as a lot of people might think. It’s safe to say that if…

DevOps Culture Challenges
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DevOps Culture Challenges

In my current role, I face a number of non-technical challenges, it can be an incredibly long winded & sometimes interesting (other times not so interesting) process. This can include with reducing blockers to allow developers to implement newer technologies, this could also include destroying silos in the work place, etc. In my little experience,…

The DevOps Analogy
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The DevOps Analogy

This won’t be a long post, rather a silly little thought process that I just wanted to share with you guys! 🙂 Since working for Lloyds, I’ve taken on a large number of DevOps focused tasks & it’s been odd, when family, friends or anyone that’s not technologically literate asks me what I do, I…

My New Job

My New Job

During this chaotic time, it just so happens that I’ve started a new job, thankfully I wasn’t made redundant from my previous role or anything along those lines. Without further ado, I thought it’s best to just state the title & the company, long story short, I’m a software engineer working for Lloyds Bank. I…