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It wasn’t the best start to the week. We discovered a water leak from the bath on Monday morning. Water was trickling down...
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Our engineering leadership team sat down for three strategy days this week, aiming to define a vision to take us to 2025. I...
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We’re hiring for an engineering manager at Privitar. The EM role can differ in focus between companies, but our spec, like...
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For Bank Holiday Monday we took the boys to Woodside Animal Farm near Luton. It ticked all the boxes: animals to feed,...
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This week I was covering engineering manager duties for one of my teams, meaning I was at the sharp end of the team’s...
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I took H to see Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at the cinema on Monday. Up to now he’s not had the attention span for films, but last...
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I was back to work after last week’s holiday. Not too many non-spam emails to read, but plenty of Slack activity to catch up...
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We’re back from our holiday at the lovely Workers Cottage in Norfolk.
The weather brightened up and, although cool, we...
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I write from a lovely cottage in Norfolk, not too far from the sea. We’re spending a week here for the start of the boys’...
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I was in the office for four days this week. Colleagues from the US and Israel were visiting London, plus my Swedish boss,...
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It’s been an unsettled week. Rain storms and Saharan winds (leaving left red sand deposits) gave way to glorious sunshine...
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Hybrid working has begun at work. Three days at home; two days in the office. In our engineering team we’re coordinating on...
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We had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. L makes excellent thin ones. The boys had Nutella on theirs, but I insisted on drowning...
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It’s hard not to be horrified and angry about the invasion of Ukraine this week. I have current and ex colleagues affected...
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The Covid shackles are off – and just in time for a busy week of birthdays in the family.
L and I don’t really celebrate...
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Weeknotes are on hiatus. Spending the whole time cooped up inside isolating, I have nothing to write about! We followed the...
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Our family’s Covid saga escalated as expected. It spread from one boy to the other, then to L and me. After two years of the...
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As I feared in last week’s weeknotes, C was struck down with chicken pox this week. Poor boy has had little spots all over...
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The week started with a very nice breakfast with L at Bill’s in nearby Welwyn Garden City. Full English, naturally. No kids...
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I’ve got a new job! I’m joining Privitar as Director of Engineering this coming Wednesday. The opportunity to manage...
