Wie geht es dir?
Timezone: CEST
Location: Berlin, Germany
Hours: Between 9am and 7pm M-F (I prefer a 9am start, but it depends on meetings or if there is something urgent.)
After Hours: I have Slack on my phone and will probably see if you ping me!
I primarily work at home but hit up cafes a few times a week.
I do have a toddler running around most of the time. I'm not the primary daytime caregiver, but sometimes you gotta help out 😅
I prefer lots of natural light, windows open (if possible), and maybe music on a stereo or in headphones. quiet is nice too.
I'm usually pretty heads down for the most part, writing code, trying to reproduce bugs, or responding to HS tickets. I usually spend the first 30 minutes - 1 hour catching up on Slack and taking inventory of what I need to get done for the day.
Because my role is mostly "IC" type work, I prefer to work independantly and have a pretty high level of autonomy for the day to day work and how I get things done. That said, I'm always open to outside ideas and direction.
I usually prefer async communication via Slack but sometimes its hard to beat a sync call to work through something tricky.
I also like to cook or do something hands on during longer, less involved meetings (like SWC). It helps me stay focused and fully absorb all the info.
I'm open and receptive to feedback, good and bad. I do prefer feedback that's direct and given quickly; the sooner I know about something, the sooner I can adjust or we can work through it.
If I'm not getting feedback, I assume all is good. That said, some positive feedback is always nice as a reassurance!
Public is okay for more positive feedback or small, in context things (e.g. I didn't follow a process correctly in a Slack thread and you're just letting me know.) Otherwise, I'd prefer to hash out privately.
I'm sure there are more, but here are two things that I'm actively working on right now:
- I can tend to forget or procrastinate random things such as merging PR's or replying to emails. I try to implement little processes to avoid these things, but if I've forgotten or prcrastinated something, you can bump me!
- Communicating project statuses - sometimes I just forget!
I love making: music, food, software. Pretty classic combination really.
My wife Kat and our daughter, Colette (3 years old).
Being alive: to get out there and experience the world around me.
Daily repetition of what I'm working on and where I'm working at really grates on me after a while. I prefer to change up what I'm working on, where I'm working, etc every few days or weeks to keep myself fully engaged.
I prefer to do work in really intense periods of days or weeks followed by a long chunk of much more chill work. This doesn't really work super well in a company setting as the "hot/cold" nature can be confusing and make me seem unpredictable. That said, I strive to try and even out my energy and output so that I do roughly the same amount each day.