Code reviews don’t need to be a terrifying experience. They have helped me grow as an engineer immensely in the past.

I wanted to write down some of the notes I picked up in the past and share them with anyone looking at starting out in the Technical Director role, it’s by no means exhaustive. Focus on growing the team’s knowledge As you become more senior as an engineer you end up taking on more complex […]

A four step process i’ve seen work in the past. Trying to avoid bias and hiring the right people.

Becoming a new manager is hard, but its really rewarding. Here’s some things I’ve learnt during my time in the role.

Engineering Manager or Tech Director? Both tracks of the game developers’ engineering tracks have pros and cons. Walking both sides can be a difficult but rewarding path, I recently have had some time to step back and get some perspective of my time at Zynga.

I’ve been professionally developing games for the better part of a decade now. When I started I made a lot of mistakes. Recently I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about how best to get started in the industry so I figured it would be helpful to write this down somewhere. TLDR: Make smaller games […]