2021 Week 18

😭 about as low as I've been at work ever at points this week
💖 value that I felt safe to be open about it and that people were there
❌ almost didn't get to spend any time with the engineers
👀 the time I did get was eye-opening and useful
✍️ finally getting to the point I have enough of an internalised model of funeralcare to start to communicate
🧠 I still know nothing, but I think I might have found some of the edges
🤗 I've too much to do, asked for help, and it was so much better
🗣 spent some time with a friend from the local dev community talking about work stuff
🤩 did similar recently with someone else about event sourcing questions they had
💖 feel very lucky to be part of a community
😍 and thankful for all the folk that run user groups and community events
✅ had fun (barely)
posted on: 07 May 2021

2021 Week 17

🎢 another wild ride
❌ didn't expect to get to spend time with the engineers
🔬 awesome colleague suggested a smart experiment
🪵 another awesome collegue spotted a problem and did the right thing
🍒 and I got to pair on some low hanging fruit
💖 started the week receiving lovely feedback
💉 had covid vaccine number one
✅ had fun
posted on: 30 Apr 2021

2021 Week 16

😮 thought it was Friday on Monday
❌ didn't expect to get to spend time with the engineers
👍 managed to drop in a few times
👎 only short sessions though
🏃‍♂️ still hard miles but some great, open, honest things this week
💖 received feedback
📈 I love not having to guess about where I can get better
🚶‍♂️ met lovely people for a walk in the actual world
✅ had fun
posted on: 23 Apr 2021

2021 Week 15

🎢 this 5 day week has felt 2 days long - wat
🗣 aimed to spend 10 hours with engineers doing the typey-typey
👍 managed 6 hours
😍 it is a balm for the soul
🏃‍♂️ some of what is happening is really hard and draining
👩‍❤️‍👨 but somehow this week still felt good for more time than not
💖 seeing folk working to improve and be kind recharges me
✅ had fun
posted on: 16 Apr 2021

2021 Week 14

🎢 this 4 day week has been at least 6 days long
🗣 got to talk about eventsourcing
👎 only two hours engineering this week
😍 but that was two fun hours that ended on a high
🏃‍♂️ there are some hard miles being worked through at the moment
👩‍❤️‍👨 talking, being open, being honest, still the thing
✅ had fun
posted on: 09 Apr 2021

2021 Week 13

🌪 WHAT A WEEK, BLIMEY
🏃‍♂️ has been incredible to see people working together
💔 has been sad to see people leaving
👎 out of eleven hours put to one side I managed one hour with engineers
😱 attended the worst run meeting there has ever been
🗣 talking, being open, being honest, that's all there really is
✅ had fun
posted on: 01 Apr 2021

2021 Week 12

🌪 have been off for 3 weeks, OMG a lot can happen in 3 weeks
3️⃣ Only in work for 3 days this week
🤩 attended the brill CTO craft conf for half of that time
👎 spent zero time with the engineering team
🤗 recently joined team member continues to be empathetic and wonderful (you know who you are Mr Burgers-for-tea-today)
🏚 IR35 continues to be a royal pain in the behind
🗣 attended a brilliantly facilitated session trying to bridge an expectation divide between two groups
✅ had fun
posted on: 26 Mar 2021

2021 Week 9

½ Spent a good amount of time with the team but not during typey-typey
🤯 very frustrating at points this week
💖 lots of opportunities to be reminded of how much everyone cares
📈 getting closer to understanding where systems are and could be in new team
🤮 dusted off my Windows Server 2008 skills this week
🏃‍♂️ shorts weather this week
✅ had fun
posted on: 26 Feb 2021

2021 Week 8

✅ I spent most of a day over the week in with the engineers
💣 but it was all responding to an incident
😚 two team members were awesome in spotting it
📚 exciting new team member joined and is posting me a book
💖 and learned someone else exciting is joining us soon
☯️ needed to be a grown-up at points
✅ had fun
posted on: 20 Feb 2021

2021 Week 7

😱 thought I was only going to have spent 30 minutes coding this week
💖 then spent a big chunk of Friday afternoon pairing
🧠 learned some vue
🔎 clarified some naming
🔬 wrote some tests
🗣 so many meetings though
✅ had fun
posted on: 12 Feb 2021