This week I have moved into a new office in Hackney. I have become part of the WeWork network and have taken on a dedicated desk in their new offices in London Fields, Hackney.
Category archives: Career
My experience of becoming a Lead Front-end Developer for the first time
In my most recent position, a month after starting, I was promoted into the role of Lead Developer, in charge of 3, and at times, 4 other developers in the dev team. This was the first time I’d been the Lead Developer on a project (where I was not the sole developer). The project ran
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On job interviews and job descriptions
Two recent articles have really resonated with me: Front-end Design by Brad Frost and Startup Interviewing is F**ked by Zach Holman.
First impressions of being a freelance web developer in London
Having lived in London for few months now, I now feel I’ve experienced enough to form a decent first impression freelance web development in London.
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Relocation to London
A year ago along with my partner, I relocated from Manchester to Cheltenham and sought freelance work on-site at agencies in the South West and West Midlands. This plan went very well (if I do say so myself) and I ended up meeting some amazing people and working at some great agencies like CX Partners
How to get that first web development job
You’ve just graduated from university, or college and you want to get a job as a web developer / web designer, but it turns out it’s much harder than you realised. So how do you get that first job as a web developer? This post was first published 1st January 2009 but has been updated
Relocation to the South-West (Part 3)
Exactly five months ago, I moved to the South West of England after over a decade in Manchester and 31 years in the North West of England. I wrote two posts about this move. Part one explained I was doing it and outlined my rough plans. Part two covered how I was going to achieve those
Relocation to the South-West (Part 2)
A couple of months ago I wrote about how I will be moving to the South West in August; it’s now getting closer and closer to that date and things have started to get real.
Relocation to the South-West (Part 1)
This August, after 13 years living in Manchester, I’ll be moving to the South-West.
The joys of freelance
In the past few weeks, I’ve been offered a few different full-time jobs, all of which I’ve turned down… the reason being, that right now, I am enjoying freelance life too much.
So… how’s your JavaScript?
The number one question recruiters seem to be asking me these days is ‘How’s your JavaScript?‘ A question for which, I have less and less of an idea upon how to respond.
Focussing on one service aka goodbye WordPress
Following on from last week’s post about working on-site more, another conscious decision I’ve made this year is to focus on front-end work and to do less WordPress jobs.
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Working on-site again
Recently, I’ve just completed a seven week-long project on-site at a Manchester agency; it’s the first time I’ve worked on-site in a significant amount of time.
Big Chip Awards 2012 Shortlisting
I am delighted to announce that I have been shortlisted for a Big Chip award in the Best Established Freelancer / Micro Enterprise category.
New Office
Two weeks ago, myself and my office mates moved into our new office at 23 New Mount Street (View Google Map).