The shadow of a leader

Have you ever noticed your team’s energy shift when yours does?

Sweeping: A Disciplined Approach to Technical Improvements

Shift-left Testing: The evolution of quality testing

Just because you’ve counted all the trees doesn’t mean you’ve seen the Phorest

🪴 Growing People: From IC to Manager

Embarking on the journey from individual contributor(IC) to a management position involves a huge shift of responsibilities as well as…

Scaling an Engineering Org: A Journey Through Roles and Responsibilities

In my 8 years at Phorest, our product development team has grown by 20x in headcount. We have gone through many iterations of…

Ember{{fest}}

A conference worth attending, over and over

Making Growth Plans Personal

A Personal Growth Plan holds the key to your true potential and realising the vision you have for yourself. Not only does it serve as a…

Success at scale: Product management as weight loss ⚖️

A couple of months ago I set myself a specific weight loss goal, which I am frustratingly close to achieving. “But Brian”, I hear you ask…

Navigating the Start: How to Set Up a New Team for Long-Term Success

Towards the end of 2022, as an Engineering Manager, I was presented with the opportunity to set up a brand new team here in Phorest. There…

Back to Functional Programming

3 years ago (or even more) I was working on a React.js project. I was delighted with my new “framework” (we all know it is a Library not a…