Welcome to the (not so) Frequently Asked Questions.
What’s the deal with this website?#
I have a broad range of skills and experience, and I wanted a single place to showcase all of it. This site acts as a living CV, portfolio and general information hub – a companion to my LinkedIn profile and paper CV.
It started as an experiment with about.me, but I wanted something I had full control over. The site is now built with Hugo and hosted on GitHub Pages.
Why does your CV look the way it does?#
My original CV was fairly standard, and it served me well – it got me interviews and it got me jobs. But I wanted to present the information in a more distinctive way. I’ve designed it to stand out by being different yet functional, and it doubles as a showcase of skills I picked up from teaching myself Adobe InDesign.
So what exactly do you do?#
My day job is in DevOps, Platform Engineering and Team Leadership. But I also have a background in photography and filmmaking, and I’ve done IT contracting for small businesses over the years. These may seem like wildly different fields, but they come together in a synergy of creativity and technology – the ability to take a project from technical design through to digital asset creation and delivery.
What about everything else?#
Some of what I do (such as photography) started as a hobby that I turned into a small side business. Others, like my homelab, are a testing ground for the tools and technologies I use professionally. I find that the best way to truly learn something is to build it yourself.
Was that you on BBC’s Fake Britain?#
Yes it was. I’ve since published my full account of the incident.
More questions?#
I’m always happy to chat. Get in touch via any of the links on the site, or book a meeting.
Quotes to live by#
If you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re in the wrong room.
