2021 Week 21

🛹 onboarded 10 new team members from Zuhlke this week
🤷 it went surprisingly smoothly
💖 so much effort and kindness from everyone to make it work
🎹 no time writing code this week so, I ended the week test driving a state machine
🗺 took part in more Wardley mapping
🙌 attended a diversity and inclusion session
🎓 the work that some of the senior leaders have put in to learn about D&I shines through in how they talk
😍 promised Chris L that I'd include they said nice things, cos they did, and it always helps to get feedback ✅ had fun (despite the odds)
posted on: 28 May 2021

2021 Week 20

😭 yet another rollercoaster week
😥 too much work for everyone
🍀 time with the engineers was only through luck
📽 writing lots of decks this week
🐦 a quick play with AWS canary - really very cool
🙌 some awesome sessions run this week
🗺 took part in some Wardley mapping
✅ had fun (sometimes)
posted on: 21 May 2021

2021 Week 19

😭 another rollercoaster week
💖 received nice feedback, that got me through the week
❌ almost didn't get to spend any time with the engineers
👀 the time I did get was because of a heisenbug in production
🤩 new starter from a new partner - if the others are even half as good we're in a great place
🌗 thought that I'd achieved something I'd been heading at for weeks
👎 but no (not yet!)
✅ had fun (barely, thanks to awesome team)
posted on: 14 May 2021

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