2024: A Year Review
As the night draws in, Christmas draws ever closer and the year 2024 comes speeding to a close, I thought that for the first time I would take some time to reflect on the year. The role-r-coaster This year was certainly a year with some twists and turns. I started with one role, survived a drastic management re-org to eventually land in the new role of Deputy CTO and somehow just about managed to figure out what that role actually meant. I spent more time writing product documents and writing code than I had done before, I spent more time talking to customers this year than I had done for several years and overall I’m pleased with the progress. There was a moment where it was glibly described as “Harry Potter let out from under the stairs” and I have to agree that for a while it certainly felt that way. It has been the case in every time in my career journey I have found myself going through the typical periods of “Yes I can do this!”, “Wait, do what? What is this job?” and “Ok, maybe I sorta get this now”. As the year ends I’m phasing into the later. ...