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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Spot.on. my business has adopted an agile mindset across the entire org, but it’s still waterfall, because IT have so much governance in place and outsourcing contracts that prevent teams from actually working on things in a fluid and agile way. Every member of a squad is on multiple projects, plus our systems are so broad we cannot have a resource from each source system dedicated to a squad.

    Secondly, no documentation? We moved from an on-prem Oracle DB to GCP so that we would have one central place for data and across all business units… there was no documentation and we had to spend the next 4 years reverse engineering the data marts because all the IP left the business… it took 4 years because of the previous point.

    And because it’s big corporate business, you have to make it work otherwise you lose your big bonus etc etc

    And don’t dare question the method







  • I figure it’s just different responsibilities… if I didnt have kids I’d be doing more of what I want to do (like fireworks and motorcycling).I had to put that on pause for 12 years or so, and just now I’m starting to do more for me. It was a joint decision that I would be a present dad rather than career focussed. And to be honest it’s been great being able to switch off work and enjoy my personal time. Family circumstances have changed and ironically I’ve had to be even more present but with COVID changing the work force expectations,at least in my business, to be more flexible, that it all works.

    I still feel 16 at heart and think I can get out of a chair really easily, but I can’t…my joints are stiffening and that really sucks.






  • Obtained my motorbike licensed recently…really enjoying learning how to get good at riding a motorcycle…I don’t get time.tonride as it is and I really need to make time to do slow manoeuvres as this is what is required to pass the next stage of licensing.

    I love seeing live music, however, where I love it’s just not an option to do each week. I love listening to records… me and the kid put a record on when doing the housework…teaching them the ways!

    Used to play video games every day for a few minutes…but haven’t played one in 5 months.

    Love baking baguettes, couronnes, bagels, pizza






  • How quickly the second half of my life has gone…i guess it has been filled with more variety and more going on. Could be the monotony of it all too that it all blends in. It’s bonkers how quick things pass. I mean, COVID started 4 years ago…where has that gone! I have a 15yo son! l still feel like I’m 21 …but with less-than-ideal moving body parts. My knees, no pain, just don’t move like they used to. I wish I could do half the things i see some 50 year olds doing in the movies…jumping over fences like I used to as a teen…and and and