You may know me from my blog, or most likely, you're here because you're my colleague and want to know how we can best work together.
You may be interested in reading my README, which provides a bit more information about me at this time.
This site is inspired by Manual of Me, and aims to be a guide for colleagues in how to best work with me.
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Working in a globally distributed, asynchronous-first company, I enjoy the flexibility of not always being immediately available for response
In practicality, you'll very likely be able to find me online between the following hours:
Timezone: Europe/London
Monday | - |
Tuesday | - |
Wednesday | - |
Thursday | - |
Friday | - |
Outside of those hours, I may be online as I may be working more flexibly.
I prefer to have lunch at a fixed time each day, so I can coordinate with my partner, and usually have 1200-1300, but like the ability to be flexible, so you can check my calendar!
On Friday mornings, I'll drive to our local Asda to get pizza 🍕 (a ritual in our household) while the shops are quiet
I'm very public with the fact that I've been diagnosed with ADHD (Inattentive type). I'm working to better understand + work with it, but that does mean there's a few areas for you to be aware of:
You may emphathise with some of these, but it's worth noting that the intensity they affect me may be the difference in our experiences. I'm happy to chat more about this, and it may be worth considering if maybe you have ADHD too 👀
In all these cases, I actively work to manage them, but sometimes you may need to give me a nudge if you're noticing one of the behaviours.
In priority order:
Virtuosos love to explore with their hands and their eyes, touching and examining the world around them with cool rationalism and spirited curiosity. People with this personality type are natural Makers, moving from project to project, building the useful and the superfluous for the fun of it, and learning from their environment as they go.
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, understanding the framework we're using works, and removing as many keystrokes as possibleTea 🍵
The perfect cup of tea is: